British crime survey, 1988
By: principal investigator, Great Britain Home Office Research and Planning Unit
Edition: 1st ICPSR release.
Series: ICPSR -- 9850; ICPSR (Series) -- 9850
Publisher: Inter-university Consortium for Political and Social Research [distributor
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Ann Arbor, Mich
Format: [computer file] /
Subjects: Criminal statistics; Computer programs; Victims of crimes; Victims of crimes surveys
Description: 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.
Notes: Survey data.

Chronological coverage: 1987.

Data collected: February-April 1988.

Source of data: personal interviews.

ICPSR data class: Class IV

Great Britain.

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Multistage probability sample using electoral registers as the frame.

Universe: People aged 16 and over living in private households in England and Wales and whose addresses appear in the electoral registers plus an additional sample of ethnic minority respondents.