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Catalogue description British Crime Survey: 1996 dataset
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| Reference: | HO 400/6 |
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| Title: | British Crime Survey: 1996 dataset |
| Description: |
This dataset consists of data gathered in the 1996 sweep of the British Crime Survey which was conducted by Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), a non-profit social research institute, on behalf of the Research and Planning Unit of the Home Office's Research and Statistics Directorate.
In accordance with usual BCS practice, the names and addresses of interviewees do not form part of the dataset, and would not have been transferred to the Home Office by SCPR. The dataset therefore consists of anonymised data derived from interviews with the core sample and the ethnic minority booster sample, though not from the booster sample conducted in the Thames Valley Police Force area. Most of the information in the dataset consists of respondents' answers to survey questions. The focus of the survey was respondents' experiences of household and personal crimes from 1 January 1995 up to the date of the interview. Other aspects of the survey had different reference periods (e.g. questions relating to household fires) or no reference period (e.g. questions on respondents' attitudes). Face to face interviews with survey respondents at the selected addresses were conducted between January and June 1996, with 91% of interviews being complete by the end of March 1996. The average length of the interviews was 66 minutes. Final editing and checking of the data took place in September 1996. Respondents' answers could take the form of yes/no answers, responses from a wider choice of options, or the selection of a number from a number within a defined range (e.g. questions where the respondent was asked to estimate the number of recorded murders in England and Wales, the percentages of certain types of convicted offenders who were sent to prison, or the cost of damage from the most recent fire in their home). The dataset consists of 10 tables. |
| Date: | 1996 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in The National Archives: | CRDA/2/DS/6 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Open on Transfer |
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