European Criminology needs European Data

The case for a pan-European crime and victimization survey

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ID21727374
AuthorsCatrien Bijleveld (0000-0002-2455-533X, Netherlands Institute for the Study of Crime and Law Enforcement, Amsterdam, The Netherlands, corresponding author)
Year2023
Volume20
Issue3
Pages785-791
Publication date2023-05-01
Open AccessYes
TypeARTICLE
VenueEuropean Journal of Criminology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1477-3708 • E-ISSN: 1741-2609
PublisherSAGE Publications (PUBLISHER • US)
DOI10.1177/14773708231174658
OpenAlexW4377822700
LanguageEN
Citations received6
References cited2

While European criminology is flourishing, we are faced with insufficient pan-European data. The European Sourcebook provides regular synchronized criminal justice system statistics, but data on crime incidence are patchy at best. Ever fewer countries conduct victimization surveys, and the data that such surveys provide are incomparable across countries because of methodological differences. It is argued that European criminology needs a survey, regularly held, in all European countries, that assesses crime incidence. While a victim survey would be the standard tool for this, perpetration questions could easily be attached to improve estimates. Additional questions would enable us to also assess whether EU victims’ rights are delivered in practice

Crime statistics · Criminal justice · Criminology · Economics · European court of justice · European Social Survey · European union · European Union law · Flourishing · Political science · Sociology · Statistics · Survey data collection · Crime Patterns and Interventions · Criminal Justice and Corrections Analysis · Law · Psychology · Social Psychology · Wildlife Conservation and Criminology Analyses

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