National Crime Victimization Survey, 2007 [Record-Type Files]

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Series, previously called the National Crime Surveys (NCS), has been collecting data on personal and household victimization through an ongoing survey of a nationally-representative sample of residential addresses since 1973. The NCVS was designed with four primary objectives: (1) to develop detailed information about the victims and consequences of crime, (2) to estimate the number and types of crimes not reported to the police, (3) to provide uniform measures of selected types of crimes, and (4) to permit comparisons over time and types of areas. The survey categorizes crimes as "personal" or "property." Personal crimes include rape and sexual attack, robbery, aggravated and simple assault, and purse-snatching/pocket-picking, while property crimes include burglary, theft, motor vehicle theft, and vandalism. Each respondent is asked a series of screen questions designed to determine whether she or he was victimized during the six-month period preceding the first day of the month of the interview. A "household respondent" is also asked to report on crimes against the household as a whole (e.g., burglary, motor vehicle theft). The data include type of crime, month, time, and location of the crime, relationship between victim and offender, characteristics of the offender, self-protective actions taken by the victim during the incident and results of those actions, consequences of the victimization, type of property lost, whether the crime was reported to police and reasons for reporting or not reporting, and offender use of weapons, drugs, and alcohol. Basic demographic information such as age, race, gender, and income is also collected, to enable analysis of crime by various subpopulations.

国家犯罪受害者调查系列（National Crime Victimization Survey, 简称 NCVS）此前被称为国家犯罪调查（National Crime Surveys, 简称 NCS），自1973年起，通过对全国代表性住宅地址样本的持续调查，收集有关个人和家庭受害情况的数据。该调查系列旨在实现以下四个主要目标：（1）详尽地收集有关犯罪受害者和犯罪后果的信息，（2）估算未向警方报告的犯罪数量和类型，（3）提供选定类型犯罪的统一度量标准，（4）允许对时间跨度和不同类型区域进行对比分析。调查将犯罪分为“个人犯罪”和“财产犯罪”两大类。个人犯罪包括强奸和性攻击、抢劫、加重和简单攻击、以及钱包盗窃/口袋盗窃，而财产犯罪则包括入室盗窃、盗窃、机动车辆盗窃和破坏公物。每位受访者都会被问及一系列筛选问题，以确定其在访谈月份前六个月内是否成为受害者。此外，“家庭受访者”还需报告针对整个家庭的犯罪（例如，入室盗窃、机动车辆盗窃）。数据包括犯罪类型、犯罪月份、时间、地点、受害者与犯罪者之间的关系、犯罪者特征、受害者在事件中采取的自我保护措施及其结果、受害后果、丢失的财产类型、犯罪是否报告给警方以及报告或不报告的原因，以及犯罪者使用武器、毒品和酒精的情况。此外，还收集了基本的人口统计信息，如年龄、种族、性别和收入，以实现对不同子群体的犯罪分析。