Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2014-2015

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P>The <i>Scottish Crime and Justice Survey</i> (SCJS) is a social survey which asks people about their experiences and perceptions of crime in Scotland. The survey is an important resource for both the government and public of Scotland. Respondents are selected at random from the Postal Address File and participation in the survey is entirely voluntary. The main aims of the SCJS are to:<ul><li>provide reliable statistics on people's experience of crime in Scotland, including services provided to victims of crime</li><li>assess the varying risk of crime for different groups of people in the population</li><li>examine trends in the level and nature of crime in Scotland over time</li><li>collect information about people's experiences of, and attitudes on a range of crime and justice related issues</li></ul>An important role of the SCJS is to provide an alternative and complementary measure of crime to police recorded crime statistics. For further details of the scope and methodology of the SCJS, please see documentation. Information about the survey and links to publications may be found on the Scottish Government's <a title="Scottish Crime and Justice Survey" href="https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-crime-and-justice-survey/">Scottish Crime and Justice Survey</a> webpages.<br>
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<i>Background and history of the SCJS</i><br>Previous surveys of victimisation in Scotland began with the Scottish components of the 1982 and 1988 sweeps of the <i>British Crime Survey</i> (BCS) (held at the Archive under SNs 4368 and 4599) The Scottish element of the 1988 BCS was also known as the <i>Scottish Areas Crime Survey</i> and coverage was limited in those early surveys to the areas south of the Caledonian Canal. From 2012, the BCS has been renamed the <i>Crime Survey for England and Wales</i> (CSEW) (held under GN 33174). <br>
<br>The first independent Scotland-only crime survey was commissioned by the Scottish Office in 1993 under the title of the <i>Scottish Crime Survey</i> (SCS) and was followed by repeated sweeps in 1996 (both years held together under SN 3813), and again in 2000 (SN 4542) and 2003 (SN 5756). In 2004 the survey underwent both a name change, to the <i>Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey</i> (SCVS) (SN 5757), and a major methodological change, with a move away from in-home face-to-face interviewing to telephone interviewing. However, the 2006 SCVS (SN 5784) returned to face-to-face interviewing after it was shown that the robustness of the data produced by the 2004 telephone survey could not be substantiated. From 2008-2009, the series name was changed to the present title, the <i>Scottish Crime and Justice Survey</i>, and it moved to a repeated annual cross-sectional schedule based on financial year. From 2012-13 the SCJS moved from annual to biennial survey covering the financial year&nbsp;<span style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 13.3333px;">however, the 2014-15 survey was the last biennial survey and currently&nbsp;the SCJS is conducted on an annual basis.&nbsp;</span>See the documentation for further details.<br>
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<b>Special Licence data</b><br>From 2012-13 only the Main Questionnaire data are available under standard End User Licence (EUL) agreement. The Victim Form and Self-Completion data are available under Special Licence (SL). The SL data have more restrictive access conditions than those made available under the standard EUL. Prospective users of the SL version will need to complete an extra application form and demonstrate to the data owners exactly why they need access to the additional variables in order to get permission to use that version.<br>
<br><br>The <i>Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2014-2015</i> contains data from the Main Questionnaire only and is based on around 11,500 face-to-face interviews with adults (aged 16 or over) living in private households in Scotland. The 2014-15 sweep retains the same basic design as the 2008-09 surveys onwards, however with changes to the modular sections of the questionnaire and the reduction in sample size and fieldwork period; the design of the survey is covered in more detail in the accompanying documentation.<br>
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The Victim Form data (SN 8142) and Self-Completion data (SN 8143) are available only under Special Licence.<br>
<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The main questionnaire covered demographic details, perception of crime, justice system, policing, local community, sentencing, civil law, workplace abuse, harassment and the victim form screener.

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<i>苏格兰犯罪与司法调查</i>（Scottish Crime and Justice Survey，以下简称SCJS）是一项面向民众的社会调查，旨在收集民众对苏格兰地区犯罪行为的经历与看法。该调查是苏格兰政府与公众均可使用的重要研究资源。调查对象从邮政地址档案中随机抽取，受访者可自愿参与。SCJS的核心目标包括：
• 针对苏格兰民众的犯罪经历（包括面向犯罪受害者的相关服务情况）提供可靠统计数据；
• 评估苏格兰不同人群所面临的差异化犯罪风险；
• 梳理苏格兰地区犯罪率与犯罪性质随时间推移的变化趋势；
• 收集民众在一系列犯罪与司法相关议题上的经历与态度信息。

SCJS的一项重要职能是，为警方记录的犯罪统计数据提供替代性与补充性的衡量维度。如需了解SCJS的研究范围与方法论细节，请参阅相关文档。有关本调查的信息及已发布成果的链接，可访问苏格兰政府官网的<a title="苏格兰犯罪与司法调查" href="https://www.gov.scot/collections/scottish-crime-and-justice-survey/">苏格兰犯罪与司法调查</a>专题页面。

<i>SCJS的背景与发展历程</i>
苏格兰早期的受害情况调查始于1982年与1988年的<i>英国犯罪调查</i>（British Crime Survey，以下简称BCS）苏格兰分卷，相关存档编号为SN 4368与SN 4599。1988年BCS的苏格兰分卷也被称为<i>苏格兰地区犯罪调查</i>，早期调查的覆盖范围仅限喀里多尼亚运河以南区域。2012年起，BCS更名为<i>英格兰与威尔士犯罪调查</i>（Crime Survey for England and Wales，以下简称CSEW），存档编号为GN 33174。

1993年，苏格兰办公室首次委托开展独立的苏格兰本土犯罪调查，命名为<i>苏格兰犯罪调查</i>（Scottish Crime Survey，以下简称SCS），并分别于1996年（存档编号SN 3813，与1993年卷合并存档）、2000年（SN 4542）及2003年（SN 5756）开展了多轮调查。2004年，该调查更名为<i>苏格兰犯罪与受害调查</i>（Scottish Crime and Victimisation Survey，以下简称SCVS，存档编号SN 5757），同时对方法论进行重大调整：放弃入户面对面访谈，改用电话访谈。但2004年的电话访谈数据可靠性未达标准，因此2006年的SCVS（SN 5784）恢复了面对面访谈模式。2008-2009年度起，该调查正式更名为现用名称<i>苏格兰犯罪与司法调查</i>，并转为以财政年度为周期的年度横断面重复调查。2012-13年度起，SCJS由年度调查调整为双年度调查，覆盖对应财政年度；不过2014-15年度调查为最后一次双年度调查，目前SCJS已恢复年度开展模式。详细信息请参阅相关文档。

<b>特殊许可数据集</b>
2012-13年度起，仅主问卷数据可通过标准终端用户许可（End User Licence，以下简称EUL）协议获取。受害者问卷与自填式问卷数据需通过特殊许可（Special Licence，以下简称SL）获取。SL数据集的访问限制严于标准EUL协议。有意使用SL数据集的用户需填写额外申请表，并向数据管理方明确说明其需要访问额外变量的具体理由，方可获得使用权限。

<i>2014-2015年苏格兰犯罪与司法调查</i>仅包含主问卷数据，基于对苏格兰地区私人住户中16岁及以上成年人开展的约11500次面对面访谈。该轮调查延续了2008-2009年度起采用的基本设计，但对问卷的模块化板块进行了调整，并缩减了样本量与实地调研周期。本调查的详细设计说明可参阅配套文档。

受害者问卷数据（存档编号SN 8142）与自填式问卷数据（存档编号SN 8143）仅可通过特殊许可获取。

<b>核心议题</b>
主问卷涵盖人口统计细节、犯罪感知、司法系统、警务工作、本地社区、量刑、民事法律、职场虐待与骚扰等内容，同时包含受害者问卷筛选模块。