How Priority Ordering of Offence Codes Undercounts Gendered Violence: An Analysis of the Crime Survey for England and Wales

Pullerits, Merili; Phoenix, Jessica

doi:10.1093/bjc/azad047

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“…Nonetheless, we did find some differences, with a higher prevalence of physical abuse in the UKHLS for women being one of the most noteworthy differentials. This finding is consistent with others' research who found the CSEW to underestimate violence against women (Cooper and Obolenskaya 2021;Pullerits and Phoenix 2023). We also found statistically significant differences in the estimands of being attacked by ethnic group.…”

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“…After the interview, trained coders assess whether what has been reported represents a crime and, if so, which one. Coding hierarchies ensure that when multiple offences happen at the same incident the most serious offence is coded (but see also Pullerits and Phoenix (2023) for the implications for measures of violence). Offenses outside the scope of the survey are excluded, such as if they occurred more than 12 months prior to the interview or outside England and Wales.…”

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Measures of Violence within the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey and the Crime Survey for England and Wales: An Empirical Assessment

Blom,

Gash

2023

Social Sciences

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Criminology has been hampered by a lack of longitudinal data to examine the consequences of victimisation. However, recently, ‘Understanding Society’, the United Kingdom Household Panel Survey (UKHLS), began fielding a small battery of questions relating to violence experience. Here, we examined the strengths and weaknesses of these UKHLS measures with similar indices from the Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW), a widely used and regarded but cross-sectional survey. We empirically assessed the extent to which the UKHLS variables are comparable with those in the CSEW to determine the viability of the UKHLS for the longitudinal study of (fear of) violence and its consequences. Overall, we regarded the UKHLS to provide an important resource for future panel research on the consequences of victimisation. We found the indicators measuring physical assault to be similar in both sets of data, but also noted differences in prevalence and/or different distributions by socioeconomic group for the indices relating to being threatened and of feeling unsafe. Nonetheless, we maintain their utility for researchers in this field, allowing researchers to uncover new inequalities in violence exposure.

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Measures of Violence within the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey and the Crime Survey for England and Wales: An Empirical Assessment

Blom,

Gash

2023

Social Sciences

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Definition and Measurement of Violence in the Crime Survey for England and Wales: Implications for the Amount and Gendering of Violence

Davies,

Obolenskaya,

Francis

et al. 2024

The British Journal of Criminology

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The definitions and the methodology used in surveys to measure violence have implications for its estimated volume and gendered distribution. The Crime Survey for England and Wales (CSEW) uses quite a narrow definition of ‘violence against the person’ which excludes crimes which are arguably violent in nature. This article expands the CSEW’s measurement of violence by regarding threats, robbery, sexual violence and mixed violence/property crimes as violence. This results in a shift in the gender distribution of violence, with a higher proportion of violence against women (from 39% to 58%) and by domestic perpetrators (from 29% to 32%). Impacts of violence (injuries and emotional harm) are also affected by the change in definition and disproportionally so for women.

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The drop in worry about crime and its gender gap: Trends in England and Wales from 1998 to 2019/2020

Pohl,

Buil-Gil

2024

Criminology & Criminal Justice

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Using data from the Crime Survey for England and Wales, this research explores trends in worry about crime and its gender gap between 1998 and 2019/20. Worry about different types of crime follows a downwards trajectory, with worries about car-related crimes showing the strongest decline. Although both men’s and women’s worries decline over time, the gender gap in worry about crime reveals a narrowing trend for crimes that involve physical interaction with the offender (e.g. assault or rape) due to women’s worries decreasing more rapidly than men’s. Potential reasons for the general downwards trend include the steady decline in crime rates, the rise in security standards and a shift in worry from traditional to newer forms of crime (e.g. cybercrime). Rising gender equality and women’s empowerment over the last few decades may explain the narrowing trend in the gender gap in worry about personal crime.

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How Priority Ordering of Offence Codes Undercounts Gendered Violence: An Analysis of the Crime Survey for England and Wales

Cited by 4 publications

References 17 publications

Measures of Violence within the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey and the Crime Survey for England and Wales: An Empirical Assessment

Measures of Violence within the United Kingdom Household Longitudinal Survey and the Crime Survey for England and Wales: An Empirical Assessment

Definition and Measurement of Violence in the Crime Survey for England and Wales: Implications for the Amount and Gendering of Violence

The drop in worry about crime and its gender gap: Trends in England and Wales from 1998 to 2019/2020

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