The National Crime Victimization Survey is a nationally representative survey of victims in the United States designed to provide estimates of victimization that are representative of the population for persons ages 12 and older. In this interview, Janet Lauritsen, Ph.D., professor of criminology and criminal justice at the University of Missouri—St. Louis, explains the survey data collection process, the process for coding the different types of crime reported during the survey interviews, and the special types of crimes that the survey measures, such as series victimization.
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