Definition: International Crime Victim Survey

Category: Crime statistics

The International Crime Victim Survey (ICVS) was launched in 1989 by the Ministry of Justice of the Netherlands, and subsequently (1991) further developed with the involvement of the United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute (UNICRI). To date, more than seventy countries have taken part in this project at least once. http://ec.europa.eu/eurostat/ramon/statmanuals/files/SeriesF_89_EN.pdf ICVS Web site