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Description & Citation--Study No. 8685

Bibliographic Description

ICPSR Study No.:8685
 
Persistent URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.3886/ICPSR08685
 
Title:British Crime Surveys, 1984
 
Principal Investigator(s):Home Office Research and Planning Unit
 
Series:British Crime Survey Series
 
Funding Agency:The Home Office Research and Planning Unit
 
Bibliographic Citation:Home Office Research and Planning Unit. BRITISH CRIME SURVEYS, 1984 [Computer file]. London, England: NOP Market Research Limited [producer], 1985. Colchester, England: ESRC Data Archive and Ann Arbor, MI: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributors], 1987. doi:10.3886/ICPSR08685
 

Scope of Study

Summary:In 1982 the Home Office conducted the first British Crime Survey, a major study with the aim of discovering levels of victimization in Britain, and of producing attitudinal data on issues relating to crime. The survey was repeated in 1984 and was restricted to England and Wales, whereas the previous study had included Scotland. The survey set out to replicate the previous one as far as possible. Other than questions having to do with victimization and basic demographic details, the topics covered in the questionnaire were: general opinion of the local area, fear of crime and precautions taken, likelihood of crime occurring, extent of "incivilities" in the area, seriousness of various crimes, attitudes towards punishment and prison reform, victim support schemes, neighborhood watch schemes, and self-reported offending.
 
Subject Term(s):crime, crime costs, crime patterns, crime reporting, fear of crime, lifestyles, police citizen interactions, police response, reactions to crime, victimization, victims
 
Geographic Coverage:England, Great Britain, Wales, Global
 
Time Period:1984
 
Date(s) of Collection:February 1984 - April 1984
 
Universe:In England and Wales, people age 16 and over, living in private accommodations.
 
Data Type:survey data
 

Methodology

Sample:Stratified sample based on residency.
 
Data Source:personal interviews
 

Access and Availability

Note:A list of the data formats available for this study can be found in the summary of holdings. Detailed file-level information (such as record length, case count, and variable count) is listed in the file manifest.
 
Original ICPSR Release:1987-10-12
 
Dataset(s):
  • DS1: British Crime Surveys, 1984
 

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