Does the fear of crime differ based on what part of the Commonwealth they live in?
The third major area that will be assessed in the survey s the actual experience of crime Kentuckians have had in the past year. We ll assess how many have been robbed, assaulted, raped, or otherwise directly victimized by crime. The questionnaire is being mailed to a random sample of 18,000 Kentuckians who are over the age of 18. Those selected individuals received a post card last week notifying them that they would be asked to participate in the written survey. The actual survey will arrive in those homes in the next few days. I m very hopeful that every Kentucky family which receives the survey will take time to complete and return it by the July 20th deadline. Their input will give us extremely valuable information we can use to improve the criminal justice system, input we can get from no other source. I m particularly interested in seeing feedback from victims, both those who reported the crime and those who did not. Their responses to the survey will give us key information abo
