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Sondagem à opinião pública sobre o funcionamento dos tribunais em Portugal, 2001
Em 1993, o CES realizou um inquérito que procurava auscultar as opiniões e representações dos cidadãos sobre o direito e a justiça. O objectivo era apurar o que os cidadãos sabiam ou ignoravam sobre o direito e os tribunais, que representações tinham acerca do seu desempenho e funções, como os avaliavam à luz de experiências próprias ou de familiares e que disponibilidade...
European Constitutional Court Network Data (OA edition)
Full edition for public use. Constitutions contain the most important rules of our political systems and Constitutional Courts are the most powerful judicial institutions of European states. They are the guardians of the Constitutions and ensure, for instance, the respect for fundamental rights. Since the 20th century their importance is ever growing, which attracted a lot...
Interviews on the History of the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki 2013
This qualitative dataset comprises recordings of interviews covering the organisational history of the Prosecutor's Office of Helsinki over the decades, and changes in the prosecutors' work, nature of cases, prosecutor training, and management practices. Other main topics were practices of the office, major changes in the organisation, cooperation with other stakeholders,...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1983-1991; Cumulative File
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2003-2006: Longitudinal Analysis Data
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Offending, Crime and Justice Survey (OCJS) (also sometimes known as the Crime and Justice Survey), was the first national longitudinal, self-report offending survey for England and Wales. The series began in 2003, the initial survey representing the first wave in a planned four-year rotating panel...
Policing Post-War Youth: Dundee and Manchester Juvenile Courts, 1947, 1953 and 1959
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The databases were constructed by Dr. Louise A. Jackson and Dr. Angela Bartie and were used for the Economic and Social Research Council (ESRC) funded project RES-000-22-2644 'Policing Post-War Youth: a Comparative Study of England and Scotland c. 1945-1971'. The project aimed to examine the everyday...
British Crime Survey, 2009-2010
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
Interrupted Education: the Criminal Justice System and Educational Progress of Young Offenders, 2008-2009
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Interrupted Education: the Criminal Justice System and Educational Progress of Young Offenders, 2008-2009 investigated the impact of the criminal justice system on the lives of young men in custody. Building on their educational histories, the study looked at whether their progress was subsequently...
Northern Ireland Social Attitudes Survey, 1989-1991; Cumulative File
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Northern Ireland Social Attitudes (NISA) survey series began in 1989, and was conducted every year in which the British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey was fielded until 1996. Supported initially by the Nuffield Foundation, the Central Community Relations Unit (CCRU) and the Policy Planning Research...
British Crime Survey, 2001-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
British Crime Survey, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
Edinburgh Study of Youth Transitions and Crime : Waves One to Four, 1997-2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Since the end of the second world war, police recorded crime has risen dramatically in both England and Wales and, to a lesser extent, Scotland. Crime surveys have revealed a less dramatic increase in crime in England and Wales (Mirrlees-Black et al, 1996), and little if any in Scotland (MVA, 1998), and...
Disputes in the Charitable Sector in England and Wales, 1979-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Disputes can be very costly to charities. They may lose staff, income and their reputation. Further, any cases that end up in court can undermine the legitimacy of the sector as a whole, especially in the light of public concerns over charities’ administration costs. This research investigates disputes...
Survey of Representatives, 1998
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.As part of the Department of Trade and Industry (DTI) 1998 Survey of Employment Tribunal Applications (SETA98 - held at the UK Data Archive under SN: 4894), a supplementary 'spin-out' survey of professional advisors/representatives was undertaken, thereby providing an opportunity to consider first-hand...
Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2003
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Offending, Crime and Justice Survey (OCJS) (also sometimes known as the Crime and Justice Survey), was the first national longitudinal, self-report offending survey for England and Wales. The series began in 2003, the initial survey representing the first wave in a planned four-year rotating panel...
British Crime Survey, 2003-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
Assistant Roles and Changing Job Boundaries in the Public Services, 2004-2005
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This research project examined three assistant roles in different parts of the public services: the teaching assistant in education; the social work assistant in social care and the healthcare assistant in health care. While central to the process of workforce restructuring in the context of public...
Resisting Subjugation: Law and Power amongst the Santal of India and Bangladesh, 2002-2004
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This is an enhanced qualitative study.
The study uses mixed methods and focuses on the Santal adivasi (tribal people) in Jharkhand, India and Rajshahi, Bangladesh. Anthropological and sociological data collection methods were used to collect material in four villages, three courts of law and from...
Rape in the 21st Century: Old Patterns, New Behaviours and Emerging Trends, 2000-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.Home Office statistics show a continuing decline in the rape conviction rate over the last three decades, with the most recent figures at an all time low of just over 5 per cent. A number of reforms have been put in place but are yet to deliver the hoped for outcomes. Attrition is a complex,...
Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2006
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Offending, Crime and Justice Survey (OCJS) (also sometimes known as the Crime and Justice Survey), was the first national longitudinal, self-report offending survey for England and Wales. The series began in 2003, the initial survey representing the first wave in a planned four-year rotating panel...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 1990
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.BackgroundThe British Social Attitudes (BSA) survey series began in 1983. The series is designed to produce annual measures of attitudinal movements to complement large-scale government surveys that deal largely with facts and behaviour patterns, and the data on party political attitudes...
British Crime Survey, 2007-2008
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) asks a sole adult in a random sample of households about their, or their household's, experience of crime victimisation in the previous 12 months. These are recorded in the victim form data file (VF). A wide range of questions are then asked, covering...
Witness and Victim Experience Survey, 2007/8-2009/10
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Witness and Victim Experience Survey (WAVES) was designed to provide data at both a national (England and Wales) level and Local Criminal Justice Board (LCJB) level about victims' and witnesses' experiences of the Criminal Justice System (CJS), the services they receive, and their satisfaction with...
English Poor Law Cases, 1691-1834
The dataset consists of annotated cases concerning the right to a settlement by hiring under poor law legislation which was in force between 1691 and 1834. During this period, parishes could contest their liabilities to pay poor relief by taking appeals from decisions of the quarter sessions to the Court of King’s Bench. The decisions of the Court of King’s Bench were...
Finnish Perceptions of Justice: Citizens 2016
The survey examined Finnish people's attitudes on crime, punishment, judges, courts, and criminals. Furthermore, views on what would be a suitable punishment for different types of crime were investigated. The survey began with a set of crime-related true or false statements (e.g. "A typical Finnish convict is a man with an alcohol and drug abuse issues"). The respondents...
Finnish Perceptions of Justice: Judges 2016
In the survey, Finnish district court judges were asked to pass a sentence on various crimes according to current legal praxis. The respondents were described seven different cases, and asked what sentence they would pass in each of the cases. The imaginary cases constructed for the survey describe following crimes: 1. Violence in public space (aggravated assault), 2. Sexual...