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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
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.
Abstract