1. Bureau of Justice Statistics

2. Conducting Victimization and Community Safety Surveys: Using Web-based Technology U.N. Meeting on Crime Statistics Geneva November 2004 Steven K. Smith Bureau of Justice Statistics

3. Collecting and Reporting Crime Statistics in the U.S. I. Crimes reported to the police -- Uniform Crime Reports Program -- National Incident-Based Reporting II. National Crime Victimization Survey

4. Crimes Reported to the Police The FBI's Uniform Crime Reports Program (UCR) collects information from 17,000 local law enforcement agencies. Major UCR crimes include homicide, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny-theft, and motor vehicle theft.

6. Incident-based Reporting Under NIBRS, law enforcement authorities provide information to the FBI on each criminal incident involving 46 specific offenses, including the 8 major crimes. Details about each incident include multiple victims and offenders, arrest information on the 46 offenses plus 11 lesser offenses.

7. National Crime Victimization Survey Characteristics and consequences of criminal victimization in the United States. Household based survey since 1973. 42,000 households comprising nearly 76,000 persons.

8. Standardized Types of Crime Largest ongoing survey of its kind. Standardized categories; TOC based on responses. Collects data on rape, sexual assault, robbery, assault, theft, household burglary, and motor vehicle theft. Covers cross-section of U.S. population -- women, the elderly, members of various racial groups, city dwellers.

11. Utility of Survey Data Resource allocation Crime prevention programs Delivery of victim services

12. Software Development Support from Office for Victims of Crime (OVC) Upgrade from CVS 1.0 Range of question formats

13. BJScvs Software Web-based Library of questionnaires Use interviewers or self-administered

14. Web-based advantages Ease of application Data entry Tracking responses

17. State level surveys Illinois Utah Wyoming

18. Victimization Surveys in Indian Country Southern Ute Umatilla Zuni Pueblo

19. Crime Issues in Indian Country Alcohol-related crimes Domestic violence Inter-racial violence

20. Issues in Community Safety Satisfaction with the police Neighborhood problems Feedback on services

21. Police-Public Contact Survey Public’s experience with the police Traffic stops Use of force

22. Disseminating Crime Data Web-based access BJS data on-line Fedstats.gov

24. Information Available for the State

25. And City Level

26. County

27. Easy for users to quickly “drill down” to common geographic units Easy for users to quickly “drill down” to common geographic units Presents data for state, county, city and Federal judicial geographic units Presents data for state, county, city and Federal judicial geographic units MapStats.gov

28. Population, percent change, 1990 to 2000 Thematic Mapping