Abstract:
Since 1973, the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) has been administered
annually to a national sample of households. The survey captures unreported
or underreported criminal events that are not available using official crime
data such as the Uniform Crime Reports. However, the data collected are
most useful in identifying crime trends nationwide. The national scope of
the survey makes it impossible to extract crime data for smaller geographic
areas, thus limiting its utility for Anchorage residents and policymakers
with criminal justice concerns. To compensate for this limitation, the Justice
Center at the University of Alaska Anchorage administered a local version
of the NCVS during second quarter 2002. By surveying adult residents of
Anchorage, the project, titled the Anchorage Adult Criminal Victimization
Survey (AACVS), generated a wealth of information on crime victimization,
neighborhood conditions, fear, and policing in Anchorage. This report presents
the results of the AACVS. |
