A Potential Validity Threat in Victim Surveys? Assessing the Increase in Sensitivity to Violence and Its Implications for Measuring Victimization Trends
Journal of Interpersonal Violence
Published online on January 23, 2026
Abstract
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Victimization surveys have become a standard means of measuring crime trends, with the aim of capturing unrecorded crime in addition to crimes known to the police. “Reporting propensity” is often considered to be a major threat to the validity of police-...
Victimization surveys have become a standard means of measuring crime trends, with the aim of capturing unrecorded crime in addition to crimes known to the police. “Reporting propensity” is often considered to be a major threat to the validity of police-...