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VIOLENCE IN SCOTLAND: FINDINGS FROM THE 2000 SCOTTISH CRIME SURVEY
Footnotes
1. In the 2000 SCS, there were 141 victim forms relating to violence, covering 246 incidents and 127 victims; in the 1996 SCS there were 175 victim forms, covering 233 incidents and 150 victims.
2. Because this estimate is derived from a survey sample there will be a margin of error around the figure. We can be 95% confident that the true number of violent crimes in Scotland in 1999 lies between 159,226 and 263,537 incidents.
3. The SCS 2000 'First Results' Research Findings paper and Overview Report record a rise of 33% in the level of crime. This is because a slightly narrower definition of violent crime was used in these reports, restricted to assault and robbery. The figure presented in this report includes snatch theft and is rounded to the nearest 100.
4. Frequency of evenings spent away from home was determined for all respondents (n=5,010)
5. This last figure is not weighted and relates to actual incidents of crime.
6. The figure reflects the percentage of cases where information is available (N=271).
7. This difference is statistically significant at the 99% level.
8. This figure reflects the percentages where the respondent was able to say the sex of the assailant or assailants (N=157).
9. There are very small sample numbers (weighted sample) involved here, there are only 12 cases of domestic violence where there was a female assailant, 1 case in acquaintance violence, and 3 cases in stranger violence.
10. This difference is not statistically significant. There is only a small number (7) of female offenders under the influence of drugs.
11. The total number of violent incidents resulting in personal injury was 130. Respondents were allowed to report more than one type of injury. In 114 cases out of 130 bruises and black eyes resulted from the violent incident. The next most common injury was scratches which resulted in 48 out of 130 cases, bearing in mind the injuries reported are not mutually exclusive.
12. Only women have been included in the calculations concerning anxiety about being sexually assaulted or raped as in 2000 men were asked about sexual assault for the first time, and the sample needs to be consistent over time.
13. This question was asked of half of the respondents to the main questionnaire in 'Questionnaire B'.
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