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CRIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND: A BRITISH CRIME

01 January 1991

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CRIME IN ENGLAND AND WALES AND SCOTLAND: A BRITISH CRIME
SURVEY COMPARISON
refdoc July=1991

JOURNAL ARTICLE , User Ref = 006213
P Mayhew , L J F Smith , Home Office Research and Planning
Unit
Br J Criminology, Apr 1985 25(6) pp148-159

Data from the Survey are used to explore the incidence of
crime which has previously been thought to be higher in
Scotland than elsewhere. They show that most offence rates
are similar to those in England and Wales but that more
offences come to the notice of the police in Scotland.
Reasons for this state of affairs are discussed. 14 refs

United Kingdom, crime rate, statistics

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