THE 2000 SCOTTISH CRIME SURVEY: OVERVIEW REPORT
Footnotes
1. The estimate of total crime in Scotland is calculated by grossing up the incidence rate to reflect estimates for the total population. This figure should not be taken as a definitive statement of the amount of crime in Scotland since it includes only the specific categories of crime covered by the survey. The incidence rates are derived from the number of incidents reported in the sample, expressed as a rate per 10,000 units. Units could be adults aged 16 or over, households or vehicle owning households. Incidence rates are also referred to as 'victimisation rates' in this report.
2. As the last question in a series of 'screener' questions which aim to identify whether an individual has been the victim of certain crimes in the last year, respondents were asked 'Apart from anything you may have already mentioned, in the time since the first of January 1999, has any member of your household (aged 16 or over) deliberately hit you with their fists, or with a weapon of any sort, or kicked you, or used force or violence on you in any way?'. Ten percent of the increase in violent crime between 1995 and 1999 was the result of responses to this 'screener' question.
3. The width of the confidence range depends on how probable it is that the 'true' value lies within the given range. The ranges shown here are on the basis of 95% probability.
4. As the last question in a series of 'screener' questions which aim to identify whether an individual has been the victim of certain crimes in the last year, respondents were asked 'Apart from anything you may have already mentioned, in the time since the first of January 1999, has any member of your household (aged 16 or over) deliberately hit you with their fists, or with a weapon of any sort, or kicked you, or used force or violence on you in any way?'. Ten percent of the increase in violent crime between 1995 and 1999 was the result of responses to this 'screener' question.
5. Shapland, J and Vagg, J (1988) 'Policing by the Public', Routledge
6. For further analysis of the following section, please refer to Appendix A7.4.
7. Further information on those aged 12 to 15 can be found in the modular report on young people (see back page)
8. Vehicle vandalism and theft from a car were added to this question in the 2000 survey