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Problems of penological treatment of juvenile and older minor offenders in SR Slovenia
Purpose of these research was to give an evaluation of influence on executing institutional measures on juvenile and older minor offenders in SR Slovenia. Starting point of these research was, that judicial system and system of executing punishment by juvenile offenders can, especially at the beginning, promote rise of criminal career (recidivism). The survey was conducted...
Physical Health of Prisoners, 1994
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The purpose of this study was to collect baseline data on the physical health of sentenced male prisoners, to assess their physical needs, to investigate health-related behaviour, to assess the extent and nature of physical disorder and to compare them with men of equivalent age in the general population....
Individual's Attitudes Within Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises to Environment and Environmental Compliance, 1996-1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aims of the study were : to understand better the attitudes of individuals within small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) to environmental compliance and non-compliance including whether they regard the latter as crimes, and to understand the influence of such attitudes on business responsiveness...
British Crime Survey, 1996
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 General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner. <i>British General Election Study, 1997 : Campaign Panel</i>
The aims of this survey were :
to analyse the interaction between medium-term economic and short-term political factors and the way in which they determine the outcome of elections;
to understand the dynamics of the election...
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...
Prison Reading Survey, 1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.There is a widespread belief that literacy levels among offenders are lower than those in the general population. A frequently-associated belief is that if their reading problems were to be addressed, then offenders would abandon anti-social ways and pursue law-abiding careers. The Prison Reading Survey...
Survey of Labour Party Members, 1997 and 1999
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.This study continued previous research by the principal investigators, last conducted in 1989-1990. It is a follow-up survey with a panel design analysing political activism, attitudes to issues, attitudes to party organisation, values and social background characteristics.
The earlier survey in the...
Conflicts and Violence in Prison, 1998-2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.By their nature, prisons engender potentially violent conflicts; this research project explored the circumstances which led to violence in prisons; the consequences of violent confrontations for prisoners and staff; and the ways in which conflicts with the potential to lead to violence were resolved...
Penal Communication, 2001-2002
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The overall aim of this mixed methods research project was to contribute to the conceptual and practical development of community penalties. This was to be achieved through the following objectives:
to use empirical research to inform theory about penal communication and to explore the application of...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2003
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...
Poverty and Social Exclusion Living Standards Survey, 2012
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Poverty and Social Exclusion in the United Kingdom project is the largest research project of its kind ever carried out in the UK. It examines levels of deprivation in the UK today. The research aims to answer the following questions:What are the best methods for measuring poverty, deprivation, social...
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...
British Social Attitudes Survey, 2004
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...
Methodological Aspects of Attitude Research, 1985-1986
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The major aim of the study was to find ways of improving the reliability and validity of instruments for measuring social and political ideology. It represents a follow-up to the 1983 British Election Study (SN: 2005).Main Topics:Party identification, social and political values (equality, self-reliance,...
Values in Norway, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The aim of this project was to describe and analyse the value systems in the Norwegian population and to provide data for comparisons of values between nations.
Survey of Residents of Two Therapeutic Communities for Former Drug Users, 1973
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The survey was part of a wider evaluation of two residential therapeutic communities.Main Topics:Variables
Pre-admission characteristics (including information about age, sex, social class, previous drug and alcohol use, school history and educational attainment, criminality, employment and medical...
Public Attitudes towards Sentenced Offenders and Abortion, 1982
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The survey was designed as a randomised experiment with four conditions:
(1) To test certain hypotheses about the influence of (i) the choice of sentence; (ii) judges' moral evaluation of offences; (iii) peers' moral evaluation of them; (iv) adult householders' moral evaluation of them.
(2) To intestigate...
British Crime Survey, 1984
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...
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, 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...
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...
Community Attitudes Survey, 1992-1993
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Community Attitudes Survey was first carried out in 1992 following a review of crime survey needs in Northern Ireland. In accordance with the recommendations of the review, the Central Survey Unit (CSU) of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) was commissioned to conduct a...
Community Attitudes Survey, 1994-1995
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Community Attitudes Survey was first carried out in 1992 following a review of crime survey needs in Northern Ireland. In accordance with the recommendations of the review, the Central Survey Unit (CSU) of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) was commissioned to conduct a...
Community Attitudes Survey, 1995-1996
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Community Attitudes Survey was first carried out in 1992 following a review of crime survey needs in Northern Ireland. In accordance with the recommendations of the review, the Central Survey Unit (CSU) of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) was commissioned to conduct a...
Community Attitudes Survey, 1996-1997
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Community Attitudes Survey was first carried out in 1992 following a review of crime survey needs in Northern Ireland. In accordance with the recommendations of the review, the Central Survey Unit (CSU) of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) was commissioned to conduct a...
Community Attitudes Survey, 2000
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Community Attitudes Survey was first carried out in 1992 following a review of crime survey needs in Northern Ireland. In accordance with the recommendations of the review, the Central Survey Unit (CSU) of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) was commissioned to conduct a...
Community Attitudes Survey, 2001
Abstract copyright UK Data Service and data collection copyright owner.The Community Attitudes Survey was first carried out in 1992 following a review of crime survey needs in Northern Ireland. In accordance with the recommendations of the review, the Central Survey Unit (CSU) of the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA) was commissioned to conduct a...