RT Article
T1 European Criminology needs European Data: The case for a pan-European crime and victimization survey
JF European journal of criminology
VO 20
IS 3
SP 785
OP 791
A1 Bijleveld, Catrien
LA English
YR 2023
UL https://krimdok.uni-tuebingen.de/Record/1894803396
AB While European criminology is flourishing, we are faced with insufficient pan-European data. The European Sourcebook provides regular synchronized criminal justice system statistics, but data on crime incidence are patchy at best. Ever fewer countries conduct victimization surveys, and the data that such surveys provide are incomparable across countries because of methodological differences. It is argued that European criminology needs a survey, regularly held, in all European countries, that assesses crime incidence. While a victim survey would be the standard tool for this, perpetration questions could easily be attached to improve estimates. Additional questions would enable us to also assess whether EU victims? rights are delivered in practice.
K1 European crime data
K1 self-report survey
K1 victim survey
K1 victims’ rights
K1 victims’ rights directive
DO 10.1177/14773708231174658