A New Measure of Prevalence for the National Crime Victimization Survey

• NCJ Number: 307554
• Author(s): Emily Berg, PhD, BJS Visiting Fellow; Susannah N. Tapp, PhD, BJS Statistician
• Date Published: April 2024
• Publication Type: Publication

Description

This report presents a new method of estimating prevalence that overcomes the problems associated with the old procedure; it will be adopted beginning with the Criminal Victimization, 2023 report. Limitations of the old prevalence measure are discussed, followed by guiding principles for the new prevalence measure. The new measure is presented, as is a comparison of estimates using both methods. Additionally, see the accompanying third-party report, National Crime Victimization Survey: Prevalence Estimation Methods.