The Economic and Social Data Service (ESDS) Government are running a crime surveys user meeting. Date: Tuesday 9 December 2008, Time: 10:30-16:30, Venue: Royal Statistical Society, London EC1Y 8LX.

This meeting will provide a forum for the exchange of information and views between users and producers of the Government Crime and Victimisation Survey datasets. It is aimed primarily at users and potential users of survey microdata.

Programme:

10.30 - Coffee and registration

Morning chair: Vanessa Higgins, ESDS Government

11.00 - Update on British Crime Survey developments; John Flatley, Home Office

11.30 - Scottish Crime and Justice Survey; Helen Fogarty, Scottish Government

12.00 - The Offending Crime and Justice Survey, including the new longitudinal dataset; Stephen Roe, Home Office

12.30 - Longitudinal analysis of the OCJS; Speaker TBC

13.00 - Lunch

Afternoon chair: Alison Walker, Crime Survey Programme Director, Home Office

13.45 - ESDS resources for Government Crime Surveys; Vanessa Higgins, ESDS Government

14.00 - Something fishy? Uncovering heterogeneity in the distribution of crime victimisation in general populations; Paul Norris, Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research (CJ-QUEST), University of Edinburgh

14.30 - Weapons, violence and the cost of fear in the British Crime Survey; Simon Moore, Violence & Society Research Group, Univeristy of Cardiff

15.00 - Tea

15.15 - Title TBC; Joanna Taylor, University of Portsmouth

15.45 - Title TBC; Helen Chester, University of Manchester

16.15 - General discussion

16.30 - End

Venue Details: Royal Statistical Society, Errol Street, London, EC1Y 8LX

Registration: To book online please fill out the booking form.

Source: ESDS Government website