National Crime Victimization Survey, 2003 [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 1972. 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, and motor vehicle theft. 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.全国犯罪受害调查（National Crime Victimization Survey，简称NCVS）系列，前身为全国犯罪调查（National Crime Surveys，简称NCS）。自1972年起，该系列通过对具有全国代表性的住宅地址样本开展持续性调查，收集个人与家庭受害相关数据。NCVS的核心设计目标共有四项：其一，系统采集犯罪受害者与犯罪后果的详细信息；其二，估算未向警方报案的犯罪数量与类型；其三，为选定的犯罪类型提供统一计量标准；其四，支持不同时期与不同区域类型间的犯罪情况对比。该调查将犯罪划分为"人身受害"与"财产受害"两类：人身受害犯罪包括强奸与性侵犯、抢劫、严重攻击与普通攻击，以及拎包抢夺/扒窃；财产受害犯罪则涵盖入室盗窃、盗窃及机动车盗窃。每位受访对象需回答一系列筛选问题，用于判断其是否在访谈当月首日之前的六个月周期内遭遇过犯罪侵害。“家庭受访人”则需报告针对整个家庭的犯罪情况（如入室盗窃、机动车盗窃）。采集的数据涵盖犯罪类型、案发月份、具体时间与地点、受害者与施害者的关系、施害者特征、受害者在案发过程中采取的自我防卫措施及其效果、受害后果、失窃财产类型、案件是否向警方报案及报案/未报案的原因，以及施害者是否使用武器、毒品或酒精。此外还会收集年龄、种族、性别与收入等基础人口统计信息，以便开展不同亚群体的犯罪情况分析。