Manual on Victimization Surveys

Administrative sources (such as police or judicial statistics) cannot provide a sufficiently reliable and comprehensive analysis of crime on their own. Victimization surveys (or victim surveys, crime victim surveys as they will be interchangeably referred to throughout the Manual) are now a recognized tool that help governments and their public understand their crime problems and how better to address them. The United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) - United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE) Manual on Victimization Surveys provides a comprehensive source of information for developing a national victimization survey and the key issues which need to be considered, including the approach to take, available methods, some key analytical issues and the presentation of results. This Manual is the first attempt to develop methodological guidelines at the international level for the design of national victimization surveys.