Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1992

• NCJ Number: 145125
• Author(s): L D Bastian; M M DeBerry Jr
• Date Published: May 1995
• Length: 155 pages
• Agencies: BJS
• Publication Type: Statistics

Annotation

This final report provides detailed 1992 findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey, presenting the major variables measured in the survey in detailed data tables.

Abstract

This annual final report gives detailed 1992 NCVS findings, presenting the major variables measured in the survey in detailed data tables. Crimes covered by the survey include rape, robbery, assault, personal and household larceny, household burglary, and motor vehicle theft. Tables cover victim characteristics (sex, age, race, ethnicity, marital status, education, income, residence); crime characteristics (time and place of occurrence, distance from home, weapon use, self-protection, injury, medical care, economic loss, time lost from work); victim-offender relationship; substance use by offenders; offender characteristics (age, race, and sex); whether crimes were reported to police; reasons for reporting or not; and police response time for reported crime.