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Chapter 3

References from the book:

The following provide overviews of crime statistics and their relationship to criminology in Britain. They also contain information on other types of crime statistic not considered in this chapter:

Maguire, M. (2007) ‘Crime data and statistics’ in M. Maguire, R. Morgan, and R. Reiner (eds) The Oxford Handbook of Criminology (4th edn). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Hough, M. and Maxfi eld, M. (2007). Surveying Crime in the 21st Century: commemorating the 25th Anniversary of the British Crime Survey. Crime Prevention Studies Vol. 2 22. Monsey, NY, USA: Criminal Justice Press/Cullompton, Devon, UK: Willan Publishing.

Statistics Commission (2006). Crime Statistics: user perspectives. Statistics Commission Report No. 30. London: Statistics Commission.

Further references:

Bottomley, K. and Pease, K. (1986) Crime and Punishment: Interpreting the Data, Milton Keynes: Open University Press.

Bottomley, K. & Coleman, C. (1981) Understanding Crime Rates, Farnborough: Saxon House.

Coleman, C. &  Moynihan, J. (1996) Understanding Crime Data, Buckingham: Open University Press.
Both Bottomley and Coleman provide excellent analysis of how to understand and interpret statistical data on crime.

Farrell S. et al (1997) ‘Questioning the Measurement of the “Fear of Crime”: 
Measuring the ‘Fear of Crime’ has long been a contentious issue due in no small part to the way in which survey questions pertaining to the fear of crime are structured, often misleading the respondent and leading to unreliable data.

Mayhew P. and Hough M. (1991) ‘The British Crime Survey: The First Ten Years’, in Kaiser G et al (eds.) Victims and Criminal Justice, Freiburg: Max Planck Institute.
The British Crime Survey is the most comprehensive statistical analysis of the prevalence of crime in British society. Mayhew and Hough present a thorough analysis of its first 10 years.
 
Simmons, J. (2000) Review of Criminal Statistics: A Discussion Document, London: Home Office. (http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/documents/crime-stats-cons/)
A good review of the UK government's use of Criminal Statistics.