Federal Register / Vol. 80, No. 31 / Tuesday, February 17, 2015 / Notices 8349 

DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE 

Office of Justice Programs 

[OMB Number 1121–NEW] 

Agency Information Collection 

Activities; Proposed eCollection 

eComments Requested; Reinstatement 

With Change of a Previously Approved 

Collection for Which Approval Has 

Expired Methodological Research to 

Support the National Crime 

Victimization Survey: Subnational 

Companion Study—American Crime 

Survey Field Test 

AGENCY: Bureau of Justice Statistics, 

Office of Justice Programs, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

ACTION: 30-day notice. 

SUMMARY: The Department of Justice 

(DOJ), Office of Justice Programs, 

Bureau of Justice Statistics, will be 

submitting the following information 

collection request to the Office of 

Management and Budget (OMB) for 

review and approval in accordance with 

the Paperwork Reduction Act of 1995. 

This proposed information collection 

was previously published in the Federal 

Register at Volume 79, Number 238, 

pages 73627—73628, on December 11, 

2014, allowing for a 60 day comment 

period. 

DATES: Comments are encouraged and 

will be accepted for additional days 

until March 19, 2015. 

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: If 

you have additional comments 

especially on the estimated public 

burden or associated response time, 

suggestions, or need a copy of the 

proposed information collection 

instrument with instructions or 

additional information, please contact 

Michael Planty, Unit Chief, 

Victimization Statistics, Bureau of 

Justice Statistics, 810 Seventh Street 

NW., Washington, DC 20531 (email: 

Michael.Planty@usdoj.gov; telephone: 

202–514–9746). Written comments and/ 

or suggestions can also be directed to 

the Office of Management and Budget, 

Office of Information and Regulatory 

Affairs, Attention Department of Justice 

Desk Officer, Washington, DC 20530 or 

sent to OIRA_submissions@

omb.eop.gov. 

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: Written 

comments and suggestions from the 

public and affected agencies concerning 

the proposed collection of information 

are encouraged. Your comments should 

address one or more of the following 

four points: 

—Evaluate whether the proposed 

collection of information is necessary 

for the proper performance of the 

functions of the agency, including 

whether the information will have 

practical utility; 

—Evaluate the accuracy of the agency’s 

estimate of the burden of the 

proposed collection of information, 

including the validity of the 

methodology and assumptions used; 

—Enhance the quality, utility, and 

clarity of the information to be 

collected; and/or 

—Minimize the burden of the collection 

of information on those who are to 

respond, including through the use of 

appropriate automated, electronic, 

mechanical, or other technological 

collection techniques or other forms 

of information technology, e.g., 

permitting electronic submission of 

responses. 

Overview of This Information 

Collection 

1. Type of Information Collection: 

New collection under activities related 

to the National Crime Victimization 

Survey Redesign Research (NCVS–RR) 

program: NCVS Subnational Companion 

Study—American Crime Survey Field 

Test. 

2. The Title of the Form/Collection: 

American Crime Survey (ACS). 

3. The agency form number: The form 

numbers are ASC1 and ASC2, Bureau of 

Justice Statistics, Office of Justice 

Programs, U.S. Department of Justice. 

4. Affected public who will be asked 

or required to respond, as well as a brief 

abstract: Adults ages 18 or older in 40 

largest Core Based Statistical Areas 

(CBSAs) in the United States, as 

measured by the number of households. 

Since 2008, BJS has initiated numerous 

research projects to assess and improve 

upon the core NCVS methodology. The 

purpose of the Companion Survey Field 

Test will be to test a low-cost alternative 

self-administered survey for collecting 

information about violence and property 

crime to generate subnational, local 

level estimates of victimization. The 

goal of this test is to generate a survey 

that could parallel National Crime 

Victimization Survey (NCVS) and 

Uniform Crime Report (UCR) estimates 

over time, rather than replicate either of 

them, and could be used to assess 

whether local initiatives are correlated 

with changes in crime rates. A 

secondary goal is to assess change over 

time, as the Field Test will be 

administered over two years, with a 

cross-sectional address-based sample 

survey in 2015 and a second addressbased sample survey in 2016. The 

rationale for collecting data in two years 

is that we are able to assess the ability 

of the instruments to detect change over 

time. An additional feature of the 

surveys being tested is the inclusion of 

a set of questions on perceptions of 

neighborhood safety, fear of crime, and 

police effectiveness, which would allow 

the survey to be used to assess changes 

in these perceptions as well. This 

information is not currently available 

from the NCVS. 

5. An estimate of the total number of 

respondents and the amount of time 

estimated for an average respondent to 

respond: Over the two year period 

approximately 200,400 households are 

expected to complete the survey. The 

sample is divided into two groups by 

instrument version: ASC1 person-level 

survey and ASC2 incident-level survey. 

Over the two waves, for both versions, 

approximately 25% of households 

interviewed in year 1 will be reinterviewed in year 2. 

• The first group of 100,200 

households will receive the ASC1, a 

person-level survey to measure 

prevalence or the number of adult 

household members victimized by one 

or more types of violent crime and the 

number of households victimized by 

types of property crime. The expected 

burden placed on these respondents is 

12 minutes per respondent for a total of 

20,040 burden hours for both years. 

• The second group of 100,200 

households will receive the ASC2, an 

incident-level survey to measure the 

number of victimization incidents 

experienced by all adult household 

members. The expected burden placed 

on these respondents is 10.5 minutes for 

a total of 17,535 burden hours. 

6. An estimate of the total public 

burden (in hours) associated with the 

collection: The total respondent burden 

is approximately 37,575 hours. 

If additional information is required 

contact: Jerri Murray, Department 

Clearance Officer, United States 

Department of Justice, Justice 

Management Division, Policy and 

Planning Staff, Two Constitution 

Square, 145 N Street NE., 3E.405B, 

Washington, DC 20530. 

Dated: February 11, 2015. 

Jerri Murray, 

Department Clearance Officer for PRA, U.S. 

Department of Justice. 

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