RT Article
T1 Collating Longitudinal Data on Crime, Victimization and Social Attitudes in England and Wales: A New Resource for Exploring Long-term Trends in Crime
JF The British journal of criminology
VO 55
IS 5
SP 1005
OP 1015
A1 Jennings, Will
A2 Farrall, Stephen 1969-
A2 Gray, Emily
A2 Hay, Colin
LA English
YR 2015
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1693826399
AB 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.
K1 Secondary data analysis
K1 Crime trends
K1 Survey data
K1 Social attitudes
K1 Victimization
DO 10.1093/bjc/azv006