Welcome to the Survey of Sexual Victimization - Opening September 2026. As you may know, the Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) is tasked with annual data collection responsibilities under the Prison Rape Elimination Act (PREA). The Act requires BJS to "carry out, for each calendar year, a comprehensive statistical review and analysis of the incidence and effects of prison rape." In completing this task, BJS collects information on the characteristics of these incidents to aid correctional administrators in addressing the prevention, reporting, investigation, and prosecution of such incidents. We hope that you will take the time to complete this survey.
Forms
SSV-1
SSV Excel Spreadsheet for Data Export
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