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Scottish Crime and Justice Survey 2016/17: main findings
This report details the main findings from the Scottish Crime and Justice Survey conducted 2016-2017.
Annex B: Overview of police recorded crime and SCJS
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Where do the data come from? | Administrative police records. | Face to face interviews with residents from a nationally representative sample of the household population. |
Basis for inclusion | Crimes recorded to the police in Scotland, governed by the Scottish Crime Recording Standard. | Trained coders determine whether experiences of victimisation in the last 12 months constitute a crime and assign an offence code. |
Frequency | Collected by financial year. Statistics released in an annual publication. | Survey conducted over 12 months, with recall period extending over 23 months. Results previously published biennially, now annually. |
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