The Scottish Crime and Justice Survey Beth Macmaster Justice Analytical Services 24 th January 2008, Scottish Social Survey Network

About the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey Face to face household survey Random sample (some stratification, clustering) Up to 2006: –Every 2 to 3 years –Sample of 5, onwards –Continuous –Sample of 16,000

Rationale and limitations Helping fill the gap in official statistics on crime –Victim focus –Unreported crime BUT Private households only 16+ only Language and disability may be barriers

Counting crime How much crime? What type of crime? How many victims?

Measuring attitudes Once secondary; becoming just as important? Keeping policy makers in tune with people’s perceptions Measuring performance SCVS 2006

Crime surveys in Scotland Lowland Scotland covered in the ‘British’ Crime Survey Face to face, pen and paper Scottish Crime Survey Face to face, pen and paper 5,000 REVIEW in Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey Telephone interviewing (CATI) in 2004 discontinued Back to face to face, CAPI/CASI in ,000 (2004) and 5,000 (2006) 2008 Scottish Crime and Justice Survey

The ‘new’ Scottish Crime and Justice Survey A balance – meeting stakeholder needs, but affordable and using gold standard survey method Continuous – data every year 16,000 per year – data at police force area level Bigger sample – more modules means more space for questions Face to face household interviews using CAPI/CASI In the field in April 2008

SCJS today Cognitive testing of new sections Small scale pilot to test script and systems oMain pilot due for completion in late January/early February: oStage 1 (800 quota) oStage 2 (200 RPS) Next steps….into the field! Data?

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