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Child and Adolescent Injury: Data Sources
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| Data Set | National Crime Victimization Survey |
| Alias | NCVS |
| Data Collection Agency | Bureau of Justice Statistics |
| Purpose | To measure the number, nature and characteristics of |
| specified types of crime and victims of crime. |
| Description | Completed or attempted victimization of persons by certain |
| criminal offenses such as rape, sexual assault, robbery, |
| assault, larceny, burglary and motor-vehicle theft. |
| Special Features | Type of victimization, weapon usage, family income, number of |
| offenders, physical injury, economic loss, theft loss, time lost |
| from work, place of occurrence, victim-offender relationship, |
| and demographic/socioeconomic characteristics of the victim |
| Subject Age Range | 12 years or older |
| E-Coding Included | No |
| Population or Sample | Sample |
| Number of Cases |
| Geographic Area Covered | National, regional |
| Years Available | 1994 |
| Years Owned by CHDL |
| CHDL ID# | 73 |