National crime surveys, cities, 1972-1975

The National Crime Surveys were designed by the Bureau of Justice Statistics to obtain detailed information about crime, its victims and consequences. The data were collected by the United States Census Bureau from 1972 to 1975 in 26 different cities. Interviews were conducted with household members in each household sampled and recorded detailed information about each household or personal victimization. The data include type of crime, description of offender, severity of crime, injuries or losses, and demographic characteristics of the household. Interviews were administered to different samples in 1972 and 1975 in Atlanta, Baltimore, Cleveland, Dallas, Denver, Newark, Portland, and St. Louis. In 1973 and 1975, interviews were conducted in Chicago, Chicago, Detroit, Los Angeles, Philadelphia, and New York. In 1974 only, interviews were conducted in Boston, Buffalo, Cincinnati, Houston, Miami, Milwaukee, Minneapolis, New Orleans, Oakland, Pittsburgh, San Diego, San Francisco, and Washington, D.C.