National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS)
Research and Evaluation on Gangs and Gang Violence NIJ-2019-15270
2019-R2-CX-0015
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$650,000
Neighborhood Crime Survey: An Examination of the Relationship Between Immigration and Victimization
2019-R2-CX-0055
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$1,020,679
New Directions in Research on Immigration and Crime
2019-R2-CX-0056
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$713,114
Illegal Immigration, Immigration Enforcement Policies, and American Citizens Victimization Risk
2019-R2-CX-0057
Open
Funding First Awarded
2019
$673,685
Violent Repeat Victimization: Prospects and Challenges for Research and Practice
April 2012
Research tells us that a relatively small fraction of individuals experience a large proportion of violent victimizations. Thus, focusing on reducing repeat victimization might have a large impact on total rates of violence. However, research also tells us that most violent crime victims do not experience more than one incident during a six-month or one-year time period. As a result, special policies to prevent repeat violence may not be cost-effective for most victims.
Speaker Bios for NIJ's "Research for the Real World" Seminar Series
NIJ's in-person seminar series is held periodically in Washington, D.C., and features research that is changing our thinking about policies and practices. Speakers have included:
Crime Type (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Describes two crime measures: the National Crime Victimization Survey, which captures crimes from the victims' perspective, and the FBI's Uniform Crime Reports, which covers crimes reported by law enforcement.
Victim characteristics (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Bureau of Justice Statistics site provides reports on characteristics of victims of crime, including female victims of sexual violence, youth victims of violent crime, persons with disabilities and households with children. Data are drawn from the National Crime Victimization Survey.
Victims & offenders (Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS))
Provides information on offenders who commit violent crime, obtained from the victims through the National Crime Victimization Survey. Information includes age, race, gender, relationship to the victim, whether the offender seemed to be drunk or on drugs, and whether the offender was a gang member.
Janet L. Lauritsen, Ph.D.
Title
Professor
Sexual Orientation Bias Crimes: Examination of Reporting, Perception of Police Bias, and Differential Police Response
Date Published
Sponsored or Published
Sponsored
Sexual Orientation Bias Crimes: Examination of Reporting, Perception of Police Bias, and Differential Police Response
Characterization of Modern Ammunition and Background Profiles: A Novel Approach and Probabilistic Interpretation of Inorganic Gunshot Residue
2018-R2-CX-0009
Open
Funding First Awarded
2018
$100,000
Questioning Bias: Validating A Bias Crime Victim Assessment Tool In California And New Jersey, Summary Overview
Date Published
Sponsored or Published
Sponsored
Questioning Bias: Validating A Bias Crime Victim Assessment Tool In California And New Jersey, Summary Overview
Recover Me If you Can: Improving Services to Victims of Identity Theft
2016-VF-GX-K006
Open
Funding First Awarded
2016
$749,827
Estimating the Financial Costs of Crime Victimization
2016-V3-GX-K005
Closed
Funding First Awarded
2016
$745,346
Non-fatal Intimate Partner Violence Against LGB Individuals: Exploring Victims' Use of Formal and Informal Services Through Analysis of Existing Data Sources
2016-V3-GX-0008
Open
Funding First Awarded
2016
$134,520