Local Level Victimization Survey, Detroit, Michigan, 2015-2016

With the support of the Bureau of Justice Statistics, the Michigan Justice Statistics Center housed within Michigan State University's School of Criminal Justice, conducted a survey of residents of Detroit, Michigan. This was one of three editions of the Local Level Victimization Survey (LLVS), with the others being conducted in Battle Creek, Michigan, and Saginaw, Michigan. The survey's purpose was to learn about resident's victimization experiences, along with perceptions of their neighborhoods and the police. The survey also tested response rates using various modes of data collection, including whether or not responses would be increased using web-based surveys. Variables include measures of community satisfaction, perceived risk, procedural justice, fear of victimization, police legitimacy, collective efficacy, experience of fear, and incidents of violent or property crime victimization. Demographic variables include age, race, gender, and education.