Details

Subject(s)

• Crime—United States [Browse]
• Victims of crimes surveys—United States [Browse]
• Victims of crimes—United States [Browse]

Related name

• United States. Bureau of Justice Statistics [Browse]
• Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [Browse]

Series

• ICPSR (Series) ; 8484. [More in this series]
• ICPSR ; 8484

Restrictions note

Use of these data is restricted to Princeton University students, faculty, and staff for non-commercial statistical analysis and research purposes only.

Summary note

These data are a product of the National Crime Surveys Redesign Project. The purpose of the data collection was to create several different data files from existing public-use National Crime Surveys files. For each crime, information is gathered on the victim's housing unit and household and the incident itself. A personal history and interview are also included. Several data files contain National Crime Survey and Uniform Crime Report data on the following index crimes: robbery, larceny-theft, burglary, motor vehicle theft, rape, and aggravated assault.

Notes

• Codebook available in print and electronic format.
• Title from title screen (viewed on January 21, 2008).

Type of data

Extent of collection: 10 data files + machine-readable documentation (PDF).

Time and place of event

• Date(s) of collection: January 1975-June 1979.
• Time period: January 1975-June 1979.

Geographic coverage

Geographic coverage: United States.

Funding information

Funding agency: United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics.

System details

• Mode of access: World Wide Web.
• Data format: LRECL.

Methodology note

• Data source: personal interviews and official FBI records.
• Sample: stratified multistage cluster sample.
• Universe: all persons in the United States.

Cite as

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NATIONAL CRIME SURVEYS: REDESIGN DATA, 1975-1979 [Computer file]. Washington, DC: U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census [producer], 1980. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor], 1987.

OCLC

79740109

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