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Scottish Crime Survey: Main Findings, 1993

NCJ Number
163586
Author(s)
S Anderson; S Leitch
Date Published
1996
Length
163 pages
Annotation
This document presents the main findings from the 1993 Scottish Crime Survey, and some comparisons with previous Scottish surveys, the British Crime Survey, and Scottish police recorded crime statistics.
Abstract
The volume is presented in eight chapters, beginning with a general introduction and an explanation of the advantages and limitations of social surveys of victimization as a way of measuring the extent of crime. Chapter Two examines the extent of crime in Scotland during 1992 as estimated by the Survey, and trends in crime and reporting of crime since the first survey in 1982. Chapter Three looks in detail at patterns of risk, characteristics, and impact on victims of housebreaking, motor vehicle crime, and crimes of violence. The public's perceptions of crime as a social problem are discussed in Chapter Four, which includes national and local perceptions of crime and anxiety about becoming a victim of crime. Chapter Five focuses on the public's contact with and attitudes towards the police, both as victims of crime and other non-victim related contact. The main findings from a questionnaire on drug use by adults and 12- to 15-year-olds are presented in Chapter Six. Chapter Seven looks in more detail at responses from young people, and the final chapter is a miscellaneous selection of other issues relating to respondents' experiences and perceptions of crime and the criminal justice system. The main findings reported in each chapter are also presented in summary form. Footnotes, figures, tables, appendixes (including a glossary), bibliography