Offending in England and Wales: First results from the 2003 Crime and Justice Survey

Abstract

The Research, Development and Statistics Directorate RDS is part of the Home Office. The Home Off i c e 's purpose is to build a safe, just and tolerant society in which the rights and responsibilities of individuals, families and communities are p roperly balanced and the protection and security of the public are maintained. RDS is also part of National Statistics (NS). One of the aims of NS is to inform Parliament and the citizen about the state of the nation and provide a window on the work and perf o rm a n c e of government, allowing the impact of government policies and actions to be assessed. T h e re f o re-R e s e a rch Development and Statistics Directorate exists to improve policy making, decision taking and practice in support of the Home Office purpose and aims, to provide the public and Parliament with information necessary for informed debate and to publish information for future use.

When two dark figures collide: Evidence and discourse on drug-related crime

“…The suggestion that they are over-represented in arrest figures is also supported by recent data from the Offending, Crime and Justice Survey (Budd and Sharp, 2005). Less than 2 per cent of those who reported committing a crime in the last year said they did so while under the influence of drugs or in order to get money for drugs.…”

Vehicle-related crime and the gender gap

“…Likewise, the greater propensity of men to be thrill-seeking could help account for the mainly male involvement in 'joyriding' (Budd et al, 2005) and the reported thrill of the chase by the police (Light et al, 1993;see Corbett, 2003, 54-59, for more explanations for joy-riding).…”

How Prevalent is Contract Cheating and to What Extent are Students Repeat Offenders?

“…This was clearly identified by the 2003 Home Office study that randomly sampled about 12000 UK residents (aged 10 to 65 years) and identified that 2% of the sample were responsible for 82% of all reported offences (Budd, Sharp and Mayhew 2005). In addition to this, crime problems are non-randomly distributed, clustering across time and space (e.g., Curman, Andresen and Brantingham 2015) as well as with respect to victims (e.g., Farrell, Phillips and Pease 1995), and targets (e.g., Townsley, Homel and Chaseling 2003).…”