The Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS)
requests clearance to conduct the 2019 Supplemental Victimization
Survey (SVS) to the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS). The
SVS is primarily an effort to measure the prevalence of stalking
victimization among persons, the characteristics of stalking
victims, and patterns of reporting to the police and other
authorities. The SVS was also designed to collect important
characteristics of stalking such as the physical and emotional
impact on victims, offender information, measures of
self-protective actions, and the criminal justice system
response.
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USC 10131 Name of Law: The Justice System Improvement Act
The change in total burden is
due to the finding that the actual 2016 SVS interviews were shorter
than originally estimated. The time stamps for the 2016 data
collection were used for the 2019 SVS burden estimates. Therefore
there was an estimated decrease of 1,667 from the 8,055 hours
previously requested in 2016.
On behalf of this Federal agency, I certify that
the collection of information encompassed by this request complies
with 5 CFR 1320.9 and the related provisions of 5 CFR
1320.8(b)(3).
The following is a summary of the topics, regarding
the proposed collection of information, that the certification
covers:
(i) Why the information is being collected;
(ii) Use of information;
(iii) Burden estimate;
(iv) Nature of response (voluntary, required for a
benefit, or mandatory);
(v) Nature and extent of confidentiality; and
(vi) Need to display currently valid OMB control
number;
If you are unable to certify compliance with any of
these provisions, identify the item by leaving the box unchecked
and explain the reason in the Supporting Statement.