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Variable
UK Data Service variable record for:
Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2012-2013
Variable Details
| Variable | QDCONF_09 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Label | QDCONF_09: Confidence Scottish CJS: Takes into account circumstances surrounding a crime when it sentences | ||||||||||||||||||
| Question text | How confident are you that the Scottish Criminal Justice System as a whole: Is effective in bringing people who commit crimes to justice? (THIS STATEMENT ALWAYS FIRST) Deals with cases promptly and efficiently? Makes sure everyone has access to the justice system if they need it? Makes sure the system isn’t different depending on where you live in Scotland? Makes fair, impartial decisions based on the evidence available? Gives punishments which fit the crime? Adequately takes into account the circumstances surrounding a crime when it hands out sentences? Allows all victims of crime to seek justice regardless of who they are? Allows all those accused of crimes to get a fair trial regardless of who they are? Provides victims of crime with the services and support they need? Provides witnesses with the services and support they need? Treats those accused of crime as ‘innocent until proven guilty’? | ||||||||||||||||||
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| Disclaimer | Please note that these frequencies are not weighted. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Location | Scottish Crime and Justice Survey, 2012-2013 | ||||||||||||||||||
| Interviewer Instructions | READ OUT: RANDOMISE ORDER AFTER FIRST STATEMENT (QDCONF1). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Universe | Location of units of observation: National;Population: Adults aged 16+ living in random-sampled private households in Scotland (victim form subsequently completed by those who had been a victim of crime in the reference period only). | ||||||||||||||||||
| Sampling | Multi-stage stratified random sample;See documentation for further details. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Study Type | Repeated cross-sectional study; The survey was conducted approximately once every three years until 2006. From 2007/08-2010/11 it was conducted on an annual, financial-year, basis. From 2012-13 the SCJS moved to become a biennial survey covering the financial year. |
