British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Teaching Dataset

<P>Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.</P><br>The <i>British Crime Survey 2007-2008: Teaching Dataset</i> is based on the <i>British Crime Survey, 2007-2008</i> (available from the UK Data Archive under SN 6066) and constitutes real data which are used by the Home Office and are behind many headlines. The teaching dataset is a subset, which has been subjected to certain simplifications and additions for the purpose of learning and teaching. (Note that the main <i>British Crime Survey</i> has now become the <i>Crime Survey for England and Wales</i>, but titles of older studies in the series remain the same.) <br> <br> The main differences are:<ul><li>only respondents who completed Module B (attitudes to the Criminal Justice System) of the <i>BCS, 2007-2008</i> are included</li><li>the number of variables has been reduced</li><li>weighting has been simplified</li><li>a reduced codebook is provided</li><li>additional continuous variables have been created (using factor analysis of pre-existing variables) in order to facilitate their use in quantitative methods classes</li></ul>Further information is available in the study documentation (below) which includes a dataset user guide and additional notes for teachers.<br><br><B>Main Topics</B>:<BR><br>The main topics covered are:<ul><li>experience of crime</li><li>perceptions of crime</li><li>characteristics of local area</li><li>attitudes to police and Criminal Justice System</li><li> socio-demographics</li></ul>