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Catalogue description British Crime Survey: 1982 dataset
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| Reference: | HO 400/1 |
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| Title: | British Crime Survey: 1982 dataset |
| Description: |
This dataset consists of data gathered in England and Wales in the first British Crime Survey (BCS), conducted in 1982. The sweep was conducted by Social and Community Planning Research (SCPR), on behalf of the Home Office and the Scottish Home and Health Department. Like the later 1988 survey, the 1982 sweep also included Scotland. However, there is no Scottish data included with this dataset.
The British Crime Survey was primarily intended to gather information on respondents' experiences of household and personal crimes from 1st January 1981 up to date of the interview. The central aim of the survey was to assess the incidence of victimisation of selected types of crime among the public and to look at the circumstances in which people become victims. This involved asking respondents a series of screening questions to establish whether or not they had been victims of relevant crimes during the reference period and to ask a series of very detailed questions about the incidents they reported. Basic descriptive background information on respondents and their households was also 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. These areas were: fear of crime; contact with the police; lifestyle; and self-reported offending. The dataset consists of 6 tables. |
| Date: | 1982 |
| Held by: | The National Archives, Kew |
| Former reference in The National Archives: | CRDA/2/DS/1 |
| Legal status: | Public Record(s) |
| Closure status: | Open Document, Open Description |
| Access conditions: | Open on Transfer |
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