Victims of Violent Crime, Findings From the British Crime Survey (From From Crime Policy to Victim Policy, P 117-132, 1986, Ezzat A Fattah, ed. - See NCJ-102547)

• NCJ Number: 102552
• Author(s): M Hough
• Date Published: 1986
• Length: 16 pages
• Sale Source: St Martin's Press
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

These results from the British Crime Survey provide data for England and Wales on robbery, wounding, threat of assault, and sexual assaults during 1981 and the first quarter of 1982.

Abstract

Sampling errors, interviewer effects, recall problems, and other methodological issues all limit the possibility of definitive conclusions based on the data. Victimization surveys also do not permit conclusions about rates of crime. The 10,905 interviews showed that young people and males are at much greater risk than older people and women. Drinking alcohol or having behaved violently are also clearly associated with violent victimization. England and Wales seem to have higher rates of car theft and lower rates of burglary than Canada, the United States, and Australia. However, making reliable comparisons is difficult. Data tables and 11 references.