British Crime Survey, 1982
Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor]
Home Office Research and Planning Unit
crime
crime costs
crime patterns
crime reporting
fear of crime
lifestyles
police citizen interactions
police response
reactions to crime
victimization
victims
The primary purpose of the British Crime Survey was to estimate how many of the public in England and Wales are victims of selected types of crime over a year, describing the circumstances under which people become victims, and the consequences of crime for victims. Other aims included providing background information on fear of crime among the public and on public contact with the police. Respondents were asked a series of screening questions to establish whether or not they or their households had been victims of relevant crimes during the one-year reference period. They were then asked a series of very detailed questions about the incidents they reported. Basic descriptive background information on respondents and their households was collected to allow analysis of the sorts of people who do and do not become victims. Information was also collected on other areas which were of intrinsic interest and which could usefully be related to experience as a victim, namely, fear of crime, contact with the police, lifestyle, and self-reported offending.
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http://doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08672.v1
01-18-2006
survey data
personal interviews
England
Global
Great Britain
Wales
1981