<abstract xmlns="http://www.w3.org/1999/xhtml"><p>The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on nonfatal personal and property crimes both reported and not reported to police. As part of the ongoing redesign efforts for the NCVS, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) added sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions to the survey’s demographic section in July 2016. The inclusion of these measures will provide important national-level estimates of victimization among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and allow researchers to understand victimization risk and access to victim services. This article includes a discussion of the sexual orientation and gender identity measures that were added to the NCVS, and findings from the monitoring activities conducted during the first six months of data collection. In addition, population counts by sexual orientation and gender identity are estimated using July through December 2016 NCVS data.</p></abstract>

The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on nonfatal personal and property crimes both reported and not reported to police. As part of the ongoing redesign efforts for the NCVS, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) added sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions to the survey’s demographic section in July 2016. The inclusion of these measures will provide important national-level estimates of victimization among lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender (LGBT) people and allow researchers to understand victimization risk and access to victim services. This article includes a discussion of the sexual orientation and gender identity measures that were added to the NCVS, and findings from the monitoring activities conducted during the first six months of data collection. In addition, population counts by sexual orientation and gender identity are estimated using July through December 2016 NCVS data.

Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey

Journal of Official Statistics

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The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) collects information on nonfatal personal and property crimes both reported and not reported to police. As part...

Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey

Published Online: Dec 11, 2019

Page range: 835 - 858

Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: Aug 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0035

Keywords
National crime victimization survey, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity, victimization

© 2019 Jennifer L. Truman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Measuring Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in the National Crime Victimization Survey

Published Online: Dec 11, 2019

Page range: 835 - 858

Received: Mar 01, 2018

Accepted: Aug 01, 2019

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/jos-2019-0035

KeywordsNational crime victimization survey, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity, victimization

© 2019 Jennifer L. Truman et al., published by Sciendo

This work is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 3.0 License.

Keywords
National crime victimization survey, sexual orientation, sexual identity, gender identity, victimization