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  1. Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2003-2006: Longitudinal Analysis Data

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    Social Research BMRB; Research Home Office (2009). Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2003-2006: Longitudinal Analysis Data [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-6345-1
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    Authors
    Social Research BMRB; Research Home Office
    Description

    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 study, and ended with the 2006 wave. A longitudinal dataset based on the four years of the study was released in 2009 (held at the Archive under SN 6345).

    The OCJS was commissioned by the Home Office, with the overall objective of providing a solid base for measuring the prevalence of offending and drug use in the general population of England and Wales. The survey was developed in response to a significant gap in data on offending in the general population, as opposed to particular groups such as convicted offenders. A specific aim of the series was to monitor trends in offending among young people.

    The OCJS series was designed as a 'rotating panel' which means that in each subsequent year, part of the previous year's sample was re-interviewed, and was augmented by a further 'fresh' sample to ensure a cross-sectional representative sample of young people. The aim of this design was to fulfil two objectives: firstly, to provide a solid cross-sectional base from which to monitor year-on-year measures of offending, drug use, and contact with the CJS over the four-year tracking period (2003-2006); and secondly, to provide longitudinal insight into individual behaviour and attitudinal changes over time, and to enable the Home Office to identify temporal links between and within the key survey measures.

    The OCJS was managed by a team of researchers in the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The Home Office commissioned BMRB Social Research and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct the surveys jointly. Both organisations were involved in developing the surveys and, at each wave, the fieldwork was split between the two agencies.
    The longitudinal analysis of the OCJS, based on the four survey years, 2003-2006, aimed to describe the levels of change in offending behaviour, antisocial behaviour (ASB) and drug use within individuals. It also covered the timing of transitions into and out of offending, ASB and drug use. The analysis intended to:

    • identify the most common ages for starting to offend and use illegal drugs, and the ages of desistance
    • help to identify young people who are most at risk of offending and using drugs
    • explore the patterns of offending and drug use, including uptake and desistance among young people
    Further information can be found in the user guide but users are also advised to consult the individual OCJS wave documentation.

  2. Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2005

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    Social Research BMRB; Research Home Office (2008). Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2005 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-5601-1
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    Social Research BMRB; Research Home Office
    Description

    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 study, and ended with the 2006 wave. A longitudinal dataset based on the four years of the study was released in 2009 (held at the Archive under SN 6345).

    The OCJS was commissioned by the Home Office, with the overall objective of providing a solid base for measuring the prevalence of offending and drug use in the general population of England and Wales. The survey was developed in response to a significant gap in data on offending in the general population, as opposed to particular groups such as convicted offenders. A specific aim of the series was to monitor trends in offending among young people.

    The OCJS series was designed as a 'rotating panel' which means that in each subsequent year, part of the previous year's sample was re-interviewed, and was augmented by a further 'fresh' sample to ensure a cross-sectional representative sample of young people. The aim of this design was to fulfil two objectives: firstly, to provide a solid cross-sectional base from which to monitor year-on-year measures of offending, drug use, and contact with the CJS over the four-year tracking period (2003-2006); and secondly, to provide longitudinal insight into individual behaviour and attitudinal changes over time, and to enable the Home Office to identify temporal links between and within the key survey measures.

    The OCJS was managed by a team of researchers in the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The Home Office commissioned BMRB Social Research and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct the surveys jointly. Both organisations were involved in developing the surveys and, at each wave, the fieldwork was split between the two agencies.
    OCJS 2005:
    In 2005 the 'panel' sample included all respondents who had been previously interviewed and had agreed to be re-contacted. In addition to this, panel respondents from 2003, who were not interviewed in 2004 (due to being 'non contacts' or 'soft refusals') were also included. The intention in 2005 (as in 2004) was to achieve an overall sample (panel and 'fresh') of 5,000 young people. To achieve this, 423 'fresh' respondents were needed, but in fact 817 interviews were achieved, bringing the total sample up to 5,238.

    The OCJS 2005 aimed to provide, as in previous years:

    • measures of self-reported offending
    • indicators of repeat offending
    • trends in the prevalence of offending
    • trends in the prevalence and frequency of drug and alcohol use
    • evidence on the links between offending and drug/alcohol use
    • evidence on the risk factors related to offending and drug use
    • information on the nature of offences committed, such as the role of co-offenders and the relationship between perpetrators and victims
    In order to ensure comparability between survey years, much of the 2005 questionnaire remained the same as that for 2004. However, some questions were dropped to make room for new questions relating to new areas of policy interest. In addition, a small number of existing questions were reworded where this represented a necessary improvement on the original version. See documentation for further details.

    For the third edition (December 2008), the variable PFA (police force area) has been supplied for the main file. This variable was previously unavailable.

  3. Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2006

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    Research Home Office; Social Research BMRB (2008). Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2006 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-6000-1
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    2008
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    UK Data Servicehttps://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
    DataCitehttps://www.datacite.org/
    Authors
    Research Home Office; Social Research BMRB
    Description

    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 study, and ended with the 2006 wave. A longitudinal dataset based on the four years of the study was released in 2009 (held at the Archive under SN 6345).

    The OCJS was commissioned by the Home Office, with the overall objective of providing a solid base for measuring the prevalence of offending and drug use in the general population of England and Wales. The survey was developed in response to a significant gap in data on offending in the general population, as opposed to particular groups such as convicted offenders. A specific aim of the series was to monitor trends in offending among young people.

    The OCJS series was designed as a 'rotating panel' which means that in each subsequent year, part of the previous year's sample was re-interviewed, and was augmented by a further 'fresh' sample to ensure a cross-sectional representative sample of young people. The aim of this design was to fulfil two objectives: firstly, to provide a solid cross-sectional base from which to monitor year-on-year measures of offending, drug use, and contact with the CJS over the four-year tracking period (2003-2006); and secondly, to provide longitudinal insight into individual behaviour and attitudinal changes over time, and to enable the Home Office to identify temporal links between and within the key survey measures.

    The OCJS was managed by a team of researchers in the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The Home Office commissioned BMRB Social Research and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct the surveys jointly. Both organisations were involved in developing the surveys and, at each wave, the fieldwork was split between the two agencies.
    OCJS 2006:
    The 2006 OCJS sample comprised ‘panel’ respondents, who had been interviewed in one or more previous waves of the survey, and an additional ‘fresh’ sample of 10 to 25 year-olds, who had not been interviewed before. The total sample in 2006 consisted of 4,554 panel respondents followed up from previous waves of the survey and 799 new respondents in the fresh sample, resulting in 5,353 interviews overall. The 2006 OCJS was the last annual wave in the series.

    The OCJS 2006 aimed to provide, as in previous years:

    • measures of self-reported offending
    • indicators of repeat offending
    • trends in the prevalence of offending
    • trends in the prevalence and frequency of drug and alcohol use
    • evidence on the links between offending and drug/alcohol use
    • evidence on the risk factors related to offending and drug use
    • information on the nature of offences committed, such as the role of co-offenders and the relationship between perpetrators and victims
    For the second edition (December 2008), the variable PFA (police force area) has been supplied for the main file. This variable was previously unavailable.

  4. Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2003

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    Research Home Office; Social Research BMRB (2008). Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2003 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-5248-1
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    2008
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    UK Data Servicehttps://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
    DataCitehttps://www.datacite.org/
    Authors
    Research Home Office; Social Research BMRB
    Description

    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 study, and ended with the 2006 wave. A longitudinal dataset based on the four years of the study was released in 2009 (held at the Archive under SN 6345).

    The OCJS was commissioned by the Home Office, with the overall objective of providing a solid base for measuring the prevalence of offending and drug use in the general population of England and Wales. The survey was developed in response to a significant gap in data on offending in the general population, as opposed to particular groups such as convicted offenders. A specific aim of the series was to monitor trends in offending among young people.

    The OCJS series was designed as a 'rotating panel' which means that in each subsequent year, part of the previous year's sample was re-interviewed, and was augmented by a further 'fresh' sample to ensure a cross-sectional representative sample of young people. The aim of this design was to fulfil two objectives: firstly, to provide a solid cross-sectional base from which to monitor year-on-year measures of offending, drug use, and contact with the CJS over the four-year tracking period (2003-2006); and secondly, to provide longitudinal insight into individual behaviour and attitudinal changes over time, and to enable the Home Office to identify temporal links between and within the key survey measures.

    The OCJS was managed by a team of researchers in the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The Home Office commissioned BMRB Social Research and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct the surveys jointly. Both organisations were involved in developing the surveys and, at each wave, the fieldwork was split between the two agencies.
    OCJS 2003:
    The OCJS 2003 was the first survey in the series, and was conducted between January and July 2003, with a sample of around 12,000 people aged 10-65 years, living in private households in England and Wales. The survey collected information on the extent and nature of offending behaviour, drug and alcohol use, attitudes to and contact with the criminal justice system and experiences of victimisation. Respondents were asked about offending behaviour in their lifetime, and during the last 12 months.

    The main aims of the OCJS 2003 were to provide:

    • a measure of the number of offenders in the general household population in England and Wales and the offences they commit, including those who will not have been processed by the criminal justice system
    • an estimate of the proportion of offenders and offences that come to the attention of criminal justice agencies
    • an estimate of the proportion of offenders who are young people and the proportion of crime they commit
    • information on the nature of offences committed, and in particular, offender motivations
    • information on patterns of drug use and links to offending
    • data to identify risk factors associated with the onset and continuation of offending and drug use, and factors associated with desistance
    For the third edition (August 2008), an updated version of the main file has been deposited. Derived variables relating to the number of times that respondents have offended in the past year have been revised due to an improvement in the method of imputing values for those who refused to answer the count of offending questions. New users should also note that the domestic violence data were removed at an earlier edition due to concerns over consistency.

  5. Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2004

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    Research Home Office; Social Research BMRB (2008). Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2004 [Dataset]. http://doi.org/10.5255/ukda-sn-5374-1
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    Dataset updated
    2008
    Dataset provided by
    UK Data Servicehttps://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
    DataCitehttps://www.datacite.org/
    Authors
    Research Home Office; Social Research BMRB
    Description

    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 study, and ended with the 2006 wave. A longitudinal dataset based on the four years of the study was released in 2009 (held at the Archive under SN 6345).

    The OCJS was commissioned by the Home Office, with the overall objective of providing a solid base for measuring the prevalence of offending and drug use in the general population of England and Wales. The survey was developed in response to a significant gap in data on offending in the general population, as opposed to particular groups such as convicted offenders. A specific aim of the series was to monitor trends in offending among young people.

    The OCJS series was designed as a 'rotating panel' which means that in each subsequent year, part of the previous year's sample was re-interviewed, and was augmented by a further 'fresh' sample to ensure a cross-sectional representative sample of young people. The aim of this design was to fulfil two objectives: firstly, to provide a solid cross-sectional base from which to monitor year-on-year measures of offending, drug use, and contact with the CJS over the four-year tracking period (2003-2006); and secondly, to provide longitudinal insight into individual behaviour and attitudinal changes over time, and to enable the Home Office to identify temporal links between and within the key survey measures.

    The OCJS was managed by a team of researchers in the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The Home Office commissioned BMRB Social Research and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct the surveys jointly. Both organisations were involved in developing the surveys and, at each wave, the fieldwork was split between the two agencies.
    OCJS 2004:
    The sample for the 2004 OCJS consisted of panel respondents (those aged 10-25 years who had been interviewed in the 2003 OCJS and had agreed to be re-interviewed in 2004) and new respondents who were interviewed for the first time in 2004.

    The OCJS 2004 also aimed to provide:

    • measures of self-reported offending
    • indicators of repeat offending
    • trends in the prevalence of offending
    • trends in the prevalence and frequency of drug and alcohol use
    • evidence on the links between offending and drug/alcohol use
    • evidence on the risk factors related to offending and drug use
    • information on the nature of offences committed, such as the role of co-offenders and the relationship between perpetrators and victims
    For the fourth edition (December 2008), the variable PFA (police force area) has been supplied for the main file. This variable was previously unavailable. New users should also note that the domestic violence data were removed at an earlier edition due to concerns over consistency.

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Offending, Crime and Justice Survey, 2003-2006: Longitudinal Analysis Data

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Dataset updated
2009
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UK Data Servicehttps://ukdataservice.ac.uk/
DataCitehttps://www.datacite.org/
Authors
Social Research BMRB; Research Home Office
Description

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 study, and ended with the 2006 wave. A longitudinal dataset based on the four years of the study was released in 2009 (held at the Archive under SN 6345).

The OCJS was commissioned by the Home Office, with the overall objective of providing a solid base for measuring the prevalence of offending and drug use in the general population of England and Wales. The survey was developed in response to a significant gap in data on offending in the general population, as opposed to particular groups such as convicted offenders. A specific aim of the series was to monitor trends in offending among young people.

The OCJS series was designed as a 'rotating panel' which means that in each subsequent year, part of the previous year's sample was re-interviewed, and was augmented by a further 'fresh' sample to ensure a cross-sectional representative sample of young people. The aim of this design was to fulfil two objectives: firstly, to provide a solid cross-sectional base from which to monitor year-on-year measures of offending, drug use, and contact with the CJS over the four-year tracking period (2003-2006); and secondly, to provide longitudinal insight into individual behaviour and attitudinal changes over time, and to enable the Home Office to identify temporal links between and within the key survey measures.

The OCJS was managed by a team of researchers in the Home Office Research, Development and Statistics Directorate. The Home Office commissioned BMRB Social Research and the National Centre for Social Research (NatCen) to conduct the surveys jointly. Both organisations were involved in developing the surveys and, at each wave, the fieldwork was split between the two agencies.
The longitudinal analysis of the OCJS, based on the four survey years, 2003-2006, aimed to describe the levels of change in offending behaviour, antisocial behaviour (ASB) and drug use within individuals. It also covered the timing of transitions into and out of offending, ASB and drug use. The analysis intended to:

  • identify the most common ages for starting to offend and use illegal drugs, and the ages of desistance
  • help to identify young people who are most at risk of offending and using drugs
  • explore the patterns of offending and drug use, including uptake and desistance among young people
Further information can be found in the user guide but users are also advised to consult the individual OCJS wave documentation.

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