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The Uniform Crime Report is the standard crime reporting measure. It collects data on 8 different index crimes and reports it every year. The National Incident Based Crime Reporting System still goes toward the UCR, but it collects more detailed information.
The National Crime Victimization Survey is not based on police reports, instead it is based on a phone survey. It asks people if they've been victimized and whether they reported the crime.
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What is the history of the National Crime Victimization Survey?
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) was established in 1972 by the U.S. Census Bureau for the Bureau of Justice Statistics. It collects data on crime victimization based on interviews with individuals across the United States. The survey is an important tool for understanding the extent and nature of crime in the country.
What are some of the reasons advanced for the differences in crime rates between male and females?
Gender is the single best predictor of criminal behavior: men commit more crime, and women commit less. This distinction holds throughout history, for all societies, for all groups, and for nearly every crime category. The universality of this fact is really quite remarkable, even though many tend to take it for granted. Most efforts to understand crime have focused on male crime, since men have greater involvement in criminal behavior. Yet it is equally important to understand female crime. For example, learning why women commit less crime than men can help illuminate the underlying causes of crime and how it might better be controlled. This discussion of gender and crime first reviews both current and historical information on the rates and patterns of female crime in relation to male crime. The discussion is followed by a consideration of theoretical explanations of female crime and gender differences in crime. Finally, the authors briefly outline a "gendered" approach to understanding female crime that takes into account the influence of gender differences in norms, in socialization, in social control, and in criminal opportunities, as well as psychological and physiological differences between men and women. Comparisons of criminal behavior between different groups-such as men and women-use data from a variety of sources. One of the most widely used sources is arrest data from the U.S. Federal Bureau of Investigation's Uniform Crime Reports (UCR), collected from the nation's law enforcement agencies and tabulated by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F.B.I.). Other sources include surveys of victimization experiences, such as the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics' National Crime Vicitimization Survey (NCVS); surveys of self-reported offending behavior, such as the National Youth Survey (Elliot and Ageton); and case studies based on autobiographical accounts or interviews with and observation of individual offenders and gangs. The discussion starts with a consideration of what can be learned from arrest data, and then briefly touches on the insights to be gained from other sources. Any comparison of male and female criminality must acknowledge important similarities as well as differences. Females have lower arrest rates than males for virtually all crime categories except prostitution. This is true in all countries for which data are available. It is true for all racial and ethnic groups, and for every historical period. In the United States, women constitute less than 20 percent of arrests for most crime categories. Females have even lower representation than males do in serious crime categories. Since the 1960s in the United States, the extent of female arrests has generally been less than 15 percent for homicide and aggravated assault, and less than 10 percent for the serious property crimes of burglary and robbery. Aside from prostitution, female representation has been greatest for minor property crimes such as larceny-theft, fraud, forgery, and embezzlement. Female arrests for these crime categories has been as high as 30 to 40 percent, especially since the mid-1970s. The thefts and frauds committed by women typically involve shoplifting (larceny-theft), "bad checks" (forgery or fraud), and welfare and credit fraud-all compatible with traditional female consumer/domestic roles. Trends in female crime relative to male crime are more complex. Some writers claim that female crime has been increasing faster than male crime, as measured by the percentage of female arrests. This has clearly been true in the case of minor property crimes, where the percentage of female arrests had about doubled between 1960 and 1975 (from around 15 to 30 percent or more), with slight additional increases since then. Smaller but fairly consistent increases are also found for substance abuse categories, but they remain less than 20 percent for all categories. The same can be said of major property crimes (which remain less than 10 to 15%). However, the percentage of female arrests has declined for other categories like homicide and prostitution; and it has fluctuated for still other categories such as aggravated assault and druglaw violations (see Steffensmeier, 1993, for a review of trends and explanations). The patterns just described are corroborated by other sources of data. The National Crime Victimization Survey asks victims about the gender of offenders in crimes where the offender is seen. The percentage of female offenders reported by victims is very similar to (or lower than) the female percentage of arrests for comparable categories. Self-report studies also confirm the UCR patterns of relatively low female involvement in serious offenses and greater involvement in the less serious categories. From a variety of sources, it is clear that females are less involved in serious offense categories, and they commit less harm. Women's acts of violence, compared to those of men, result in fewer injuries and less serious injuries. Their property crimes usually involve less monetary loss or less property damage. Females are less likely than males to become repeat offenders. Long-term careers in crime are very rare among women. Some pursue relatively brief careers (in relation to male criminal careers) in prostitution, drug offenses, or minor property crimes like shoplifting or check forging. Female offenders, more often than males, operate solo. When women do become involved with others in offenses, the group is likely to be small and relatively nonpermanent. Furthermore, women in group operations are generally accomplices to males (see Steffensmeier, 1983, for a review). And males are overwhelmingly dominant in the more organized and highly lucrative crimes, whether based in the underworld or the "upperworld." Females are far less likely than males to become involved in delinquent gangs. This distinction is consistent with the tendency for females to operate alone and for males to dominate gangs and criminal subcultures. At the onset of the twenty-first century, female gang involvement was described as a sort of "auxiliary" to a male gang. By the 1980s and 1990s, gang studies found somewhat increased involvement on the part of girls (perhaps 15%), including some allfemale gangs. Regardless, female gang violence has remained far less common than male gang violence. The criminal justice system's greater "leniency" and "chivalry" toward females may explain a portion of the lower official offending rates of women in comparison to men. Likewise, the justice system's tendency to be relatively less lenient and chivalrous toward females today may help explain recent increases in levels of female arrests. Although there appear to be relatively small differences between adult women and men in likelihood of arrest or conviction, women defendants do appear to have a lower probability of being jailed or imprisoned. This difference appears to be related to a variety of factors: pregnancy, responsibilities for small children, the greater likelihood to demonstrate remorse, as well as perceptions that women are less dangerous and more amenable to rehabilitation.
How might the ncvs and the ucr or nibrs make better use of crime rates?
No system for collecting crime rates is perfect. The UCR could improve the value of the crime rates it produces by factoring in unreported crime. The NIBRS could improve the value of the crime reports it leads to by being implemented across the US.
What distinguishes the ucr vs nibrs vs ncvs?
I'm not expert, but UCR has been used for decades to collect some basic info on every crime within its categories (major crimes). NIBRS is a newer initiative that tracks more detailed information, allowing for multiple vicims, multiple offenders,etc in order to capture more detailed info about each incident. Once implemented, more detailed questions can be answered about crime rather than jsut basic amanac statistics. ncvs is a random probability survey asked of household to determine if anyone has been the vicim of a crime. Thus its a better measure of the liklihood of being a victim that often inaccurate ccomplete inumerations such as nibs and ucr.
What crime is not measured in the NCVS?
homicide is not measured by NVCS.
What are the major two crime data programming in the US today?
UCR Universal Crime Report and NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey the "U" stands for Uniform and not Universal
What collects information on crimes suffered by individuals and households?
NCVS
What are the two major crime data-gathering programs in US today?
UCR Universal Crime Report and NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey the "U" stands for Uniform and not Universal
What are the two major crime data gathering programs in US today?
UCR Universal Crime Report and NCVS National Crime Victimization Survey the "U" stands for Uniform and not Universal
What agency is responsible for compiling the NCVS?
Bureau of Justice Studies (BJS)
When was the NCVS formed?
The National Crime Victimization Survey was established in 1972.
What is the different between the UCR- Universal Crime Report and the NCVS- National Crime Victimization Survey?
The Uniform Crime Report is compiled from all U.S. police stations by the FBI, while the National Crime Victimization Survey is compiled from a phone survey. The UCR only counts reported crime, while the NCVS counts both reported and unreported. The UCR is compiled by people who are familiar with the vocabulary used to define crime, while the NCVS is compiled by people who have less knowledge of it.
Why is homicide not measured in the NCVS?
The NCVS gathers information by surveying people who were victims of a crime. Homicide means murder. Anybody who was the victim in a murder would not be able to take the survey because they are dead.
What does NCVS measure?
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) measures the frequency and nature of crime victimization in the United States. It collects information on the number and characteristics of victims of various crimes, as well as details about the incidents themselves.
