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Ethnic Variation in Criminological Experiences: A Single and Multilevel Statistical Analysis of British Crime Survey Data, 2001-2006
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External Links: ResearchersAbstract:Not all crimes are reported to the police. The British Crime Survey (BCS), attempts to capture this ‘dark figure’ of unreported crime by asking its participants questions about the victimisation they have experienced in the past year. It also asks for information regarding respondents’ fear of crime and their perceptions of the Criminal Justice System (CJS). This information is gathered, in part, to guide governmental practice and policy at both the national and local level. Given current public and policy interest in immigration, and the emergence of new minority identities in the UK, a public perception exists that Black and Ethnic Minorities (BMEs) have vastly different experiences of victimisation, fear of crime and the CJS than their non-ethnic minority counterparts. Prominent examples such as ethnic riots (Brixton, Burnley, Birmingham, et cetera) or the police handling of the Stephen Lawrence case accentuate and reinforce this view. Thus, it may be surprising to learn that BCS data has only rarely been used to investigate the possible connections between BME status, victimisation, fear of crime and perceptions of the CJS. With the availability of very recent BCS data, it is perhaps even more surprising that the existing research largely relies on older BCS years (pre-2001). In addition, the research will use advanced statistical techniques to investigate whether location influences any ethnic patterns uncovered. Similar to real estate, where the location of a property can affect the importance of its individual attributes (e.g. a spacious garden does not generally help sell a home in a high crime area), the role played by personal characteristics such as ethnicity can vary by the area in which a person resides. For example, being a member of a given BME group may be experienced much differently in an ethnically diverse metropolis like London than it would in more homogenous areas such as East Lindsey. Likewise, the London or East Lindsey experiences of members of one BME group may be quite different from those of another BME group. As such, the influence that respondent ethnicity has over victimisation or fear of crime may also change by the Police Force Area where the respondent resides and from one BME group to another. This research mathematically investigates these possibilities, identifying the influences over victimisation, fear of crime and perceptions of the CJS, and how they vary by respondent ethnicity and location. Department:Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge Duration:October 2007- January 2009 Grant Type:Small Research Grant PublicationsManuscripts under review and book proposals circulated but nothing in print yet beyond what is published on the ESRC website/repository PresentationsKautt, P. (2010) Presentation at Joint PSA meeting, Office of Criminal Justice Reform, The Home Office, January. Kautt, P. (2009) Presentation at European Society of Criminology Kautt, P. (2009) Presentation at UPTAP Conference, University of Leeds, March. Kautt, P. (2009) Presentation at Joint PSA meeting, Office of Criminal Justice Reform, The Home Office, February. Kautt, P. (2008) Presentation at Institute of Criminology, University of Cambridge, Evening Seminar Series, November. Kautt, P. (2008) Presentation at UPTAP Conference, University of Leeds, March. Kautt, P. (2009) Presentation at American Society of Criminology Kautt, P. (2008) Presentation at European Society of Criminology Kautt, P. (2008) Presentation at World Congress of Criminology
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