Document Type
Report
Publication Date
2015
Abstract
Executive Summary:
The purpose of the Maine Crime Victimization Survey (MCVS) is to understand the extent of criminal victimization in Maine. This study includes findings from the most recent MCVS and features comparisons with other MCVS surveys done in 2006 and 2011. Several states do their own crime victimization surveys because findings from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), cannot be analyzed at the state level. As of July 2014, 14 states had developed and administered their own crime victimization surveys. Utah and Idaho have administered their surveys six and four times respectively. The MCVS supplements other crime findings, most notably the Department of Public Safety’s annual Crime in Maine reports. What sets the MCVS report apart from other crime reports in Maine is that it includes both reported and unreported crimes and the characteristics of both victims and offenders.
Recommended Citation
Dumont, Robyn MPPM and Shaler, George MPH, "2015 Maine Crime Victimization Survey: Informing Public Policy for Safer Communities" (2015). Maine Statistical Analysis Center. 5.
https://digitalcommons.usm.maine.edu/maine_statistical_analysis_center/5
Comments
For more information about this report: http://justiceresearch.usm.maine.edu/
The Maine Crime Victimization Survey and Report were conducted under the auspices of the State Justice Statistics Program, Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS), Department of Justice (DOJ).
Funding for this initiative was provided by the BJS grant 2014-R2-CX-K039.