4500.0.55.001 - Measuring Victims of Crime: A Guide to Using Administrative and Survey data, June 2011

ARCHIVED ISSUE Released at 11:30 AM (CANBERRA TIME) 16/06/2011 First Issue

Contents >> Chapter 3: Analysis of crime victimisation survey data and police recorded administrative data

This section contains the following subsection :
Introduction to analysis of crime victimisation survey data and police recorded administrative data
Know your dataset: Understanding general scope and coverage differences
Offence scope
Population scope and geographical coverage
Reference period
Comparing survey estimates with administrative data
Illustration of differences in crime victimisation data by offence
Assault
Why are the administrative data and survey data less consistent for some jurisdictions than others?
Victoria
Queensland
Western Australia
Tasmania
Given these differences, which comparisons can be made across jurisdictions for the assault data gathered from police statistics?
Sexual Assault
Robbery
Break-in
Motor Vehicle Theft
Conclusion - Chapter 3