This document provides 2014 estimates of rates and levels of criminal victimization in the United States, it is the most recent release of the report.
The data is based on the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) which collects information on nonfatal crimes, reported and not reported to the police, against persons age 12 or older from a nationally representative sample of U.S. households.
Although the document shows there is no significant change in victimization from 2013 to 2014, the 10 and 20 year change has seen significant decreases in most areas of crime.
The document provides data on sexual violence victimization rates, prevalence, demographics breakdown, and rates reported and not reported to police.
This is a good resource as a general overview of the number of sexual assault victims and the rates and prevalence of the crimes associated with sexual violence in the United States.
This document compares the characteristics of rape and sexual assault victimization against females ages 18 to 24 who are enrolled and not enrolled in college.
This report examines the relationship between the victim and offender, the involvement of a weapon, location of the victimization, reporting to police, perceived offender characteristics, and victim demographics.
This report also uses the National Crime Victimization Survey as its source of data.
Rates of sexual violence were higher for non-students compared to college students.
A higher percentage of incidents of sexual violence in which the victim was a student, went unreported to police.
This is an excellent source for comparison to show that sexual violence is a national problem not simply a college campus problem, considering that college students are actually less likely to be a victim of violence than non-students of the same age.
This is the most recent report of sex offenses from the FBI's National Incident-Based Reporting System.
The document includes very detailed data on all types of sex crimes in the United States.
The data includes information such as demographic statistics of victims and offenders, relationship information (whether the offender and victim knew each other), and the use of weapons during incidents.
The crimes detailed in the document are separated into the following categories; rape, sodomy, sexual assault with an object, fondling, incest, and statutory rape.
U.S. Department of Justice FBI. (2014). Sex offenses reported via NIBRS in 2013. Retrieved from https://ucr.fbi.gov/about-us/cjis/ucr/nibrs/2014/resource-pages/nibrs-report_sexoffenses_2013_12-1- 15.pdf Bureau of Justice Statistics. (2016, July 20). Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) - Crime Type. Retrieved from http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=3 U.S. Department of Education. (n.d.). The tools you need for campus safety and security analysis. Retrieved from http://ope.ed.gov/campussafety/#/