The Source for Crime and Justice Data

Description & Citation--Study No. 4182

Bibliographic Description

Study No.:

04182

Title:

National Crime Victimization Survey: School Crime Supplement, 2003

Principal Investigator(s):

United States Department of Justice. Bureau of Justice Statistics

Bibliographic Citation:

U.S. Dept. of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics. NATIONAL CRIME VICTIMIZATION SURVEY: SCHOOL CRIME SUPPLEMENT, 2003. Conducted by U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of the Census. ICPSR04182.v1. Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium of Political and Social Research [producer and distributor], 2005-07-29. doi:10.3886/ICPSR04182.v1

Series:

National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) Series

Scope of Study

Summary:

This supplement to the National Crime Victimization Survey (formerly the National Crime Surveys) was designed to collect data on crime victimization in schools in the United States. Student respondents were asked a series of questions to determine their school attendance in the last six months. Other questions concerning schools were posed, including preventive measures employed by schools, students' participation in after-school activities, students' perception of school rules and enforcement of these rules, the presence of weapons, drugs, alcohol, and gangs in schools, student bullying, hate-related incidents, and attitudinal questions relating to the fear of victimization at school. Other variables cover general violent crimes, personal larceny crimes, and household crimes and offer information on date, time, and place of crime. Demographic characteristics of household members such as age, sex, race, education, employment, median family income, and marital status are provided.

Subject Terms:

crime, crime in schools, crime rates, crime reporting, crime statistics, drugs, educational environment, fear of crime, hate crimes, juvenile crime, offenses, property crimes, reactions to crime, robbery, school attendance, school security, school violence, student attitudes, student behavior, vandalism, victimization, victims

Geographic Coverage:

United States

Time Period:
  • 2003

Date of Collection:
  • 2003-02--2003-06

Universe:

All persons in the United States 12 years of age and older.

Data Types:

survey data

Methodology

Sample:

Stratified multistage cluster sample of households with children between the ages of 12-18 who had attended school at any time during the six months prior to the month of the interview, and who were enrolled in a school that would advance them toward the eventual receipt of a high school diploma.

Mode of Data Collection:

paper and pencil interview (PAPI), computer-assisted telephone interview (CATI)

Extent of Processing:

All archived data undergo a confidentiality review and are altered when necessary to limit the risk of disclosure. The archive also routinely creates ready-to-go data files along with setups in the major statistical software formats as well as standard codebooks to accompany the data. In addition to these procedures, the archive performed the following processing steps for this data collection:

  • Performed consistency checks.
  • Standardized missing values.
  • Checked for undocumented or out-of-range codes.

Access and Availability

Note:

Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.

Original ICPSR Release:

2005-07-29