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DOMESTIC VIOLENCE: FINDINGS FROM THE 2000 SCOTTISH CRIME SURVEY
Footnotes
1. Fieldwork for SCS 2000 took place in the first half of 2000. The survey asks respondents about incidents occurring in the previous calendar year, data from the 2000 sweep therefore relates to 1999. The same applies to the 1996 sweep, for which data relates to 1995.
2. There is some debate as to whether we should talk about domestic 'abuse' or domestic 'violence'. As the SCS focuses on incidents of physical threats and force (i.e. 'violence') and 'abuse' refers to emotional and psychological incidents as well as physical threats and force, discussions within this report will focus on domestic 'violence'.
3. The figures given here relate only to those incidents of domestic abuse reported to the police. Not all incidents of domestic abuse come to the attention of the police.
4. As data only began being collected in April 1999 it is not possible to provide whole year statistics, only the 9 month figures outlined above.
5. The definition of domestic violence used within the main survey is broader than that used in the self-completion questionnaire. In the former domestic violence refers to any household member using force or violence against the respondent, while in the latter domestic violence refers to threats or force from a partner or ex-partner (husband/wife or boyfriend/girlfriend).
6. See the thematic report on violent crime, published as part of this series, for more details on the extent of violent crime.
7. The prevalence rates given here exclude those that did not answer questions. Three percent of respondents did not state whether they had had threats used against them and 3% of respondents did not state whether force had been used against them.
8. The similarities in percentages here are due to the fact that percentages are weighted whereas raw figures are not.
9. Three percent of the sample declined to state their ages. This group was excluded from these findings.
10. The self-completion questionnaires ask if respondents had a partner or contact with an ex-partner during 1999 and later asks if they have ever had a partner. The combination of these questions is what is included in this analysis.
11. Nine percent of respondents who reported experiencing threats stated that they could not remember how frequently this occurred and a further 11% declined to answer. Three percent of those that had experienced force stated that they could not remember how frequently this occurred and a further 22% declined to answer.
12. Each of these forms of force was asked about as a separate variable. Between 14% and 35% of respondents did not provide details of the type of force they experienced.
13. Where respondents had answered this question and not stated that the question was not applicable to them.
14. Defined as current husband/wife or current boyfriend/girlfriend.
15. Defined as having experienced threats or force during 1999.
16. The 1996 survey looked at experiences of domestic violence from those who had a partner at some point during 1995, while in 2000 a differentiation was made between those who had had a partner and those who had contact with an ex-partner. This discussion of trends includes those who had contact with an ex-partner in 1999 as it seems likely that many of these respondents would have previously been included under those who 'had had a partner at some point during 1999'.
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