The overall program objective was to provide insights into the impact of crimes that are of concern to law enforcement and the general public. Further, NCVS was thought to be more detail because it was focused on the victim; additionally, it enabled measurement of the extent to which an individual or household was victimized by a selected crime. More importantly, it provided information regarding the dark figures (Mosher et al.). In the City of San Diego, NCVS data for all household crimes covered burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle, including attempted and completed acts. For instance, burglary, the survey tracked time of day, attempted force entry, forcible entry, and unlawful entry without force. This information is not only useful for law enforcement leaders in looking at crime trends, but also for the patrol officers working in neighborhoods that are prone to break-ins and thefts. NCVS data are not always current or available and can be difficult to research and abstract; however, locally, Arjis and SANDAG are available and criminal victimization can be retrieved from both …show more content…
The finished product is SANDAG’s Criminal Justice Bulletin. The CJ bulletin is produced biennially in a series of three publications. The first series of the 2013 CJ bulletin focused exclusively on part 1 offenses (homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault); property crime is not included partly because of the inconsistency in determining who the victim is, which makes it difficult to accurately document victim characteristics (SANDAG, 2016). Violent crimes are of great concern to both law enforcement and the public in general and having a better understanding of how individuals are affected by violent crimes, law enforcement will be better prepare to develop crime preventions and intervention strategies to overcome them (SANDAG, 2016). SANDAG’s CJ Bulletin looks at the demographics, age, and gender when determining victim characteristics. Overall, victim data and crime statistics are reflective of the demographic in San Diego. For example, when comparing violent crime victimization by ethnicity, whites represent 48% of the population, but blacks were overrepresented in homicide, rape, robbery, and aggravated assault; particularly, blacks were five times more likely to be a victim of homicide (CJ Bulletin, 2014). Specific victimization data such as the aforementioned are critically important for