Analysing Police-Recorded Data. (15th June 2016)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Brimicombe, Allan
• Is Part Of: Legal information management. Volume 16:Number 2(2016)
• Page Start: 71
• Page End: 77
• Publication Date: 2016-06-15
• Subjects: domestic violence, -- police-recorded crime, -- crime statistics, -- data analysis; Law -- Great Britain -- Information resources -- Periodicals; Law -- Europe -- Information resources -- Periodicals; Law -- Great Britain -- Library resources -- Periodicals; Law -- Europe -- Library resources -- Periodicals; 026.34
• DOI: 10.1017/S1472669616000207
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 1472-6696

Abstract

Abstract: The quarterly bulletins on crime statistics in England and Wales are compiled from two sets of data: crime survey and police-recorded crime. Whilst the former is considered to give the most reliable trends, the latter has a greater level detail for a fuller spectrum of crimes types. This paper by Allan Brimicombe, explores the advantages and problems of analysing police-recorded data for the insights they contain. This is illustrated by examples from an analysis of domestic violence.