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Learn More about the NCVS (Adult Participants, Spanish)

March 2023

This video provides important information about the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for the public and for households and persons selected to participate in the survey. It includes general information about the NCVS, how households are selected, how data are collected, and the importance of the NCVS. There are separate videos for youth participants, and both are available in English and Spanish.

Learn More about the NCVS (Adult Participants, English)

March 2023

This video provides important information about the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) for the public and for households and persons selected to participate in the survey. It includes general information about the NCVS, how households are selected, how data are collected, and the importance of the NCVS.  There are separate videos for youth participants, and both are available in English and Spanish.   

National Crime Victimization Survey Knowledge Corner - Household and Person Nonresponse

January 2023

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Knowledge Corner provides quick tips and explanations for NCVS data users on a variety of topics. In this video, BJS Statistician Susannah Tapp, PhD, looks at person and household noninterviews in the NCVS. Household noninterviews occur when no one from a selected household participates in the NCVS. There are three types of household noninterviews – Type A, Type B, and Type C.

National Crime Victimization Survey Knowledge Corner - Item Nonresponse

January 2023

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Knowledge Corner provides quick tips and explanations for NCVS data users on a variety of topics. In this video, BJS Statistician Susannah Tapp, PhD, describes item nonresponse in the NCVS. Item nonresponse results in missing data. She discusses the four missing data codes used in the NCVS: residue, out of universe, item invalid until, and item invalid after. For more information, please visit https://bjs.ojp.gov/programs/ncvs or email us at [email protected].

 

BJS Director 2022 End of Year Message

December 2022

Listen as Director Alexis R. Piquero, PhD, provides 2022 end-of-year remarks. 

“It has been an exciting four months since I had the honor of being appointed by President Biden to serve as the director of the Bureau of Justice Statistics. Not a day has gone by that I have not enjoyed every minute of it. Why you may ask?” Watch now.