The National Victims Crime Survey (NCVS) is the primary sources of information about violent victimization of property and people over 12 years of age. Explain what the NCVS report is, how it receives the data, and the pros and cons of the survey.
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NCVS is the current version of the National Crime Surveys (NCS). The NCS was first started in 1972, this means that the NCVS has over 40 years of data collected and analyzed. Researchers have used the data from NCS to identify trends of victimization in general and narrowed down to specific groups of victims. Data from NCS combined with the research from the NCVS have been able to add more data points, including offender–victim relationship, how victimization has persisted across time, relationships, type of victimization, and by type of crime. The NCVS receives its data from surveys that are done in person and over the phone. The other way the data are collected is from a rotating panel of people interviewed every 6 months. These data are processed and sorted into various categories so researchers can look at various data points to truly predict trends in crime. NCVS can take the data points of information being added to the system and see if a crime has been committed and the type of crime that was committed. This allows for law enforcement to investigate crimes from several different angles looks at factors such as age, sex, drug/alcohol involvement, violent or nonviolent crime, and so many more. The largest limitation to the NCVS is that it deals with people over the age of 12. This means that any children who were victimized are not registered in this system. This also means that if a child was victimized for a long period, the system can only go back to when the child was 12. The other big issues is that NCVS only registers people who have a home. That means if you are homeless, living in military barracks, living on a ship or in prison, the NCVS does not register you as a victim of a crime. Homeless populations all over the United States are interacting with law enforcement on a daily basis and are not being registered in this system to accurate reflect the crimes that are occurring. Although these two issues with the system create not fully accurate data, the NCVS is the country’s largest victim database and provides accurate information for law enforcement to work with victims and offenders to curb trends in crimes.
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