Collating Longitudinal Data on Crime, Victimization and Social Attitudes in England and Wales: A New Resource for Exploring Long-term Trends in Crime

Exploring long-term trends in crime and criminal justice is a multifaceted exercise. This article introduces the construction and methodological benefits of a series of new data sets that amalgamate approximately 30 years of public data on crime, victimization, fear of crime, social and political at...

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Main Author: Jennings, Will (Author)
Contributors: Farrall, Stephen 1969- ; Gray, Emily ; Hay, Colin
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
Published: [2015]
In: The British journal of criminology
Year: 2015, Volume: 55, Issue: 5, Pages: 1005-1015
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Keywords:
Secondary data analysis
Crime trends
Survey data
Social attitudes
Victimization
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Summary:Exploring long-term trends in crime and criminal justice is a multifaceted exercise. This article introduces the construction and methodological benefits of a series of new data sets that amalgamate approximately 30 years of public data on crime, victimization, fear of crime, social and political attitudes with national socio-economic indicators in England and Wales. The data operate at both an aggregate and individual level and will be available for public use (and modification) from autumn 2015. Here, we outline the contours and contents of the data set and highlight the importance of using longitudinal data in exploring theoretical and empirical questions about crime, victimization and social attitudes.
ISSN:1464-3529
DOI:10.1093/bjc/azv006