Estimating Sexual Victimisation in a National Crime Survey: A New Approach

• NCJ Number: 175729
• Journal: Studies on Crime and Crime Prevention Volume: 6 Issue: 2 Dated: 1997 Pages: 125-150
• Author(s): P Mayhew; P Mayhew
• Date Published: 1997
• Length: 26 pages
• Publication Format: Article
• Language: English
• Country: Norway

Annotation

This paper assesses the techniques for estimating sexual victimization in the British Crime Survey (BCS); the United States' National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS); the Canadian Violence Against Women Survey (VAWS); and the first Islington Crime Survey (ICS), a local British survey against which the BCS is often compared.