The Source for Crime and Justice Data

International Victimization Survey, 1988 and 1992

(13 datasets; 363,729 KB)

Principal Investigator(s): Unknown; Mayhew, Pat

Summary: This survey was undertaken in 1988 and 1992 to compare crime rates for industrialized countries and to assess national crime problems by providing a crime index independent of police statistics. Fifteen countries participated in the 1988 survey, and 13 countries were included in 1992. A standardized survey instrument was employed, with Japan, Czechoslovakia, and Poland using questionnaires and sampling methods that varied slightly from the rest. The data include variables such as number of peopl... (view details)

Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR09421.v1

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