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Crime Victimization Survey
(CVS) Software, Version 1.3
BJS and the Office
of Community Oriented Policing Services (COPS) developed a software
program for localities to conduct their own telephone surveys of residents
to collect data on crime victimization, attitudes toward policing, and
other community-related issues. This survey can produce information similar
to that published in Criminal
Victimization and Perceptions of Community Safety in 12 Cities, 1998.
To learn more about the software, see:
To run this software,
your PC must have at least a 486 processor, 16 MB RAM, a VGA video adapter,
Windows95/98/NT 4.0, and 50 MB free disk space.
The software is available
online for free. The online file is 12 MB and will take about 1.5 hours
to download using a 33.3 K connection.
In addition to the software, the online file includes the CVS Software
User's Manual and Conducting Community Surveys: A Practical Guide
for Law Enforcement Agencies, a brief overview of the issues related
to conducting local surveys. Hard copies of these documents are available
from the National Criminal Justice Reference Service (NCJRS) at 800-851-3420.
To download the software,
you will need a user ID and password. Contact the NCJRS by
email (askcvs@ncjrs.org)
or telephone (1-800-851-3420) to obtain the user ID and password.
Instructions
for downloading the CVS software
(You must have a user ID and password to enter here.)
Press releases:
"New
software available for local crime surveys" 11/23/99
(4K)
"New
program enables local police to survey residents on crime: Justice Department
software tracks victimization, citizen perceptions of police and safety"
6/3/99
(4K)
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