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 Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV)
Data Collection Status
              Active
Frequency
              Annual
Data Experts
          Emily D. Buehler, PhD, BJS Statistician
          Shelby Kottke-Weaver, PhD, BJS Statistician
Collection Period
              2004 - present
Description
              The Survey of Sexual Victimization (SSV) is part of BJS's National Prison Rape Statistics Program, which gathers mandated data on the incidence and prevalence of sexual victimization in adult correctional and juvenile justice facilities, under the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003 (PREA; P.L. 108-79). This is an administrative data collection based on allegations of sexual victimization by other inmates/youth or staff that are reported to authorities. The collection includes an enumeration of allegations and substantiated incidents reported to state prison systems; state juvenile correctional systems; the federal prison system; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. military; and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, facilities in Indian country, and local and private juvenile justice facilities. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim(s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes.
  
  
          Methodology
The Survey of Sexual Victimization, formerly known as the Survey of Sexual Violence (SSV), is an administrative data collection based on allegations and substantiated incidents of sexual victimization by other inmates/youth or staff that are reported to adult correctional and juvenile justice authorities. Additional information is collected on substantiated incidents on the victim(s), perpetrator(s), characteristics of the incident, and outcomes. The collection includes an enumeration of allegations and substantiated incidents reported to state prison systems; state juvenile correctional systems; the federal prison system; U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE); the U.S. military; and a sample of jail jurisdictions, privately operated adult prisons and jails, facilities in Indian country, and local and private juvenile justice facilities. Because the methodology changes slightly each year and varies between youth and adult collections, see the methodology section in each report for additional details.
    
  
  
  
          Questionnaires
SSV2 - State Prison Systems
    
        2021 PDF (926.35 KB)
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                                2004 PDF (88.73 KB)
              SSV3 - Local Jail Jurisdictions
    
        2021 PDF (570.53 KB)
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                                2012 PDF (142.51 KB)
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              SSV5 - State Juvenile Systems
    
        2021 PDF (712.95 KB)
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                                2019 PDF (551.06 KB)
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                                2014 PDF (246.56 KB)
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                                2013 PDF (148.9 KB)
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                                2012 PDF (147.19 KB)
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                                2011 PDF (144.9 KB)
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                                2005 PDF (159.07 KB)
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              SSV1 - Federal Bureau of Prisons
    
        2021 PDF (617.01 KB)
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                                2014 PDF (210.97 KB)
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                                2013 PDF (138.9 KB)
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                                2012 PDF (135.85 KB)
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                                2011 PDF (135.72 KB)
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                                2010 PDF (142.08 KB)
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                                2009 PDF (151.34 KB)
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                                2008 PDF (148.92 KB)
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                                2006 PDF (119.64 KB)
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                                2004 PDF (88.59 KB)
              SSV4 - Other Correctional Facilities
    
        2021 PDF (560.56 KB)
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              SSVIA - Adult Incident Form
    
        2021 PDF (1.26 MB)
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              SSV6 - Locally or Privately Operated Juvenile Facilities
    
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              SSVIJ - Juvenile Incident Form
    
        2021 PDF (983.04 KB)
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          Publications and Products
Publications and Products
          PREA Data Collection Activities, Calendar Year 2022
    
        Date Published

June 2023

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities,
          PREA Publications
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Substantiated Incidents of Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Justice Authorities, 2013–2018
    
        Date Published

March 2023

  Series
          PREA Publications
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Substantiated Incidents of Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2016–2018
    
        Date Published

January 2023

  Series
          PREA Publications
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2022
    
        Date Published

June 2022

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Justice Authorities, 2013-2018
    
        Date Published

June 2021

  Series
          PREA Publications
          Survey of Sexual Victimization in Adult Correctional Facilities, 2012-2018 - Statistical Tables
    
        Date Published

June 2021

  Series
          PREA Publications
          Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2016-2018
    
        Date Published

June 2021

  Series
          PREA Publications
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2021
    
        Date Published

June 2021

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data-Collection Activities, 2020
    
        Date Published

June 2020

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data-Collection Activities, 2019
    
        Date Published

June 2019

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2012-15
    
        Date Published

July 2018

  Series
          PREA Publications
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2018
    
        Date Published

June 2018

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2017
    
        Date Published

June 2017

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2016
    
        Date Published

June 2016

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Survey of Sexual Violence in Juvenile Correctional Facilities, 2007-2012 - Statistical Tables
    
        Date Published

January 2016

  Series
          PREA Publications
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Sexual Victimization Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2007-12
    
        Date Published

January 2016

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2015
    
        Date Published

June 2015

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2014
    
        Date Published

May 2014

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          Survey of Sexual Violence in Adult Correctional Facilities, 2009-11 - Statistical Tables
    
        Date Published

January 2014

  Series
          PREA Publications
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional  Authorities, 2009-11
    
        Date Published

January 2014

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2013
    
        Date Published

June 2013

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2012
    
        Date Published

June 2012

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2011
    
        Date Published

May 2011

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          Sexual Victimization Reported by Adult Correctional Authorities, 2007-2008
    
        Date Published

January 2011

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2010
    
        Date Published

June 2010

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          PREA Data Collection Activities, 2009
    
        Date Published

July 2009

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
  Agencies
          BJS
          Sexual Violence Reported by Juvenile Correctional Authorities, 2005-06
    
        Date Published

July 2008

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2006
    
        Date Published

August 2007

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2005
    
        Date Published

July 2006

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Sexual Violence Reported by Correctional Authorities, 2004
    
        Date Published

July 2005

  Series
          PREA Data Collection Activities
    Publication Type
          Publication
          Data Collections for the Prison Rape Elimination Act of 2003
    
        Date Published

July 2004
    Publication Type
          Publication
    
  
  
  
          Changes Over Time
Changes Over Time
              In 2005, BJS began gathering information on substantiated incidents of sexual victimization. In 2013, BJS began collecting data for inmate-on-inmate sexual harassment.
    
  
  
Date Created: October 26, 2009
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