Acronym	Definition
NCVS	National Crime Victimization Survey
NCVS	National Center for Voice and Speech (Denver, CO)
NCVS	National Conference on Volunteering and Service
NCVS	National Crime Victimization Study
NCVS	National Crime Victims Survey
NCVS	Northwest Credentials Verification Service (Bremerton, WA)
NCVS	Nerve Conduction Velocity Study (electrodiagnostic test)
NCVS	Non-Cyclic Vector Subspace

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According to the National Crime Victimization Survey, the number of victimizations by violent crime per 1,000 teenagers dropped from about 130 victimizations in 1993 to about 60 in 2003.

The number of victimizations by violent crimes on juveniles decreased during the 1993-2003 period , the Bureau of Justice Statistics reported.

Data from the National Crime Victimization Survey from 1992 to 2003 is used.

How has the Violence Against Women Act affected the response of the criminal justice system to domestic violence?

(6.) Unites States Department of Justice Statistics, Bureau of Justice Statistics, National Crime Victimization Survey. Criminal Victimization 1996: Changes 1995-96 Week Trends, 199396, November 1997.

Acquaintance rape on college and university campuses

According to Bureau of Justice Statistics data, the 23 million victimizations reported in 2002 are the lowest since Justice began its National Crime Victimization Survey in 1973 (that year saw 44 million victimizations).

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Department of Justice's annual National Crime Victimization Survey, as many as 2 million violent acts are reported each year in the United States alone.

Expenses due to workplace violence now covered. (Property/Casualty)

The second, less familiar measure is the rate of victimization reported in the National Crime Victimization Survey. Researchers with the victimization survey interview a large national sample and ask respondents whether they or anyone in their households have been victims of crime.

Monster hype: how a few isolated tragedies-and their supposed causes-were turned into a national "epidemic". (Feature)

Participants from National Crime Victimization Survey data (90% female, 10% male) are much like victims of other violent crimes (25% non-white, higher than average unemployment, young and unmarried).

"Gender differences in Rape Reporting". (Abstracts)

According to that study, the National Crime Victimization Survey, the overall violent crime rate fell 15 percent from 1999 to 2000, and property crime declined by 10 percent.

Media Violence: Ugly and Getting Uglier: Is Crime the Punishment?

Markowitz, "An Economic Analysis of Alcohol, Drugs, and Violent Crime in the National Crime Victimization Survey," NBER Working Paper No.

Alcohol and violence

They get that "fact" from the Department of Justice's National Crime Victimization Survey, which lumps all "active" behaviors together.

Arm the Chicks. (The Final Word)

America's violent crime rate dropped nearly 15 percent last year -- the largest one-year decline ever recorded by the DOJ's National Crime Victimization Survey, reports the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS).

U.S. Violent Crime Rate Drops

Most knowledge about the incidence and prevalence of violence derives from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), an ongoing survey of U.S.

Victim and Offender Self-Reports of Alcohol Involvement in Crime