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Abstract:
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The NCVS collects information on nonfatal personal and property crimes both reported and not reported to police. As part of the ongoing redesign efforts for the NCVS, the Bureau of Justice Statistics plans to include sexual orientation and gender identity (SOGI) questions in the survey's demographic section. Sexual orientation and gender identity have been identified in other research as correlates of victimization, and the Violence Against Women Reauthorization Act of 2013 explicitly bars discrimination based on actual or perceived SOGI status ensuring access to key services. The inclusion of these measures will provide important national-level estimates on victimization of LGBT people and allow researchers to understand victimization risk and access to victim services. In the fall of 2015, the BJS and Census Bureau, conducted cognitive testing of the proposed SOGI questions. This presentation will discuss the results of the research to test the wording of these questions. Other considerations such as item placement, frequency of administration, minimum age for administration, and translation of the questions into languages other than English are also discussed.
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