Crime Data: NCVS
The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) is the primary source of information about nonfatal violent and property victimizations in the United States. In addition, the NCVS provides data that are not collected by the Uniform Crime Report (UCR), and chips away at the “dark figure of crime.”
Based on the material from lecture and reading, answer the following questions:
) What is the NCVS?,
2) How are the data for it gathered?, and 3) What are the pros and cons of the NCVS?
Use evidence and examples from the course material to support your answers. Be sure to cite the readings and lecture in your post.
For example, “The NCVS collects crime data from victims of crime (Rennison & Dodge, 2021). According to lecture, the data are gathered by…”
As always, answers must be in your own words. Please remain respectful and civil in your posts.
