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  2. National Crime Victimization Survey - Wikipedia

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    The National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS), administered by the US Census Bureau under the Department of Commerce, is a national survey of approximately 49,000 [1] [contradictory] to 150,000 [2] households - with approximately 240,000 [3] persons aged 12 or older - twice a year in the United States, on the frequency of crime victimization, as well as characteristics and consequences of ...

  3. Non-combatant casualty value - Wikipedia

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    2009 Joint Chiefs of Staff memo CJCSI 3160-01, which described the NCV. Non-combatant casualty value (NCV), also known as the non-combatant and civilian casualty cut-off value (NCV or NCCV), is a military rule of engagement which provides an estimate of the worth placed on the lives of non-combatants, i.e. civilians or non-military individuals within a conflict zone.

  4. Victimisation - Wikipedia

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    The NCVS is a tool used to measure the existence of actual, rather than only those reported, crimes—the victimisation rate [21] —by asking individuals about incidents in which they may have been victimised. The National Crime Victimization Survey is the United States' primary source of information on crime victimisation.

  5. Defensive gun use - Wikipedia

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    Estimates of DGU from the National Crime Victimization Survey (NCVS) are consistently lower than those from other studies. A 2000 study suggested that this may be because the NCVS measures different activities than the other surveys do. [6] The National Self-Defense Survey and the NCVS, vary in their methods, time-frames covered, and questions ...

  6. Chemical weapons use in Syria must be investigated, says watchdog

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    AMSTERDAM (Reuters) -The head of the chemical weapons watchdog said on Thursday he would ask Syria's new leaders to grant investigators access to the country to continue work identifying ...

  7. Latino men voted for Trump in large numbers. Here’s what they ...

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    Close to 1 in 10 people in the U.S., about 32 million people, are Hispanic males; the U.S. Latino population is nearly evenly divided between men and women.

  8. A legacy of valor: Only 16 Pearl Harbor survivors remain. On ...

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    One of the sole remaining survivors of the Pearl Harbor attack that launched World War II disobeyed orders and fought back. Now 100 years old, he continues to share his stories.

  9. NCVS - Wikipedia

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    NCVS can stand for: The Northern Cities Vowel Shift; The National Crime Victimization Survey; The National Center for Voice and Speech This page was last edited on 29 ...