Criminal Victimization in the United States, 1993

• NCJ Number: 151657
• Author(s): C A Perkins; P A Klaus; L D Bastian; R L Cohen
• Date Published: May 1996
• Length: 182 pages
• Agencies: BJS
• Publication Type: Survey

Annotation

This report presents victimization statistics for 1993; the statistics are the first detailed findings from a comprehensive program to redesign the National Crime Victimization Survey.

Abstract

This annual final report gives detailed 1993 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, and residence); crime characteristics (time and place of occurrence, distance from home, weapon use, self-protection, injury, medical care, economic loss, and 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.