Key reading:
Drug misuse declared: findings from the British Crime Survey 2006/07
Roe S., Home Office, 2008.
The BCS is a survey of about 15,000 householders in England and Wales. It is conducted by the home office every two years. The advantage of the BCS is that it includes crimes that have not been reported to the police.
Web: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1807.pdf (PDF 617 KB)
The arrestee survey 2003-2006
Richard Boreham, Alexandra Cronberg, Laura Dollin, Steve Pudney, Home Office, 2007.
The bulletin reports the findings from the first nationally-representative survey of drugs and crime among arestees in England and Wales.
The report provides an overview and baseline on:
- the prevalence of problematic drug misuse among arrestees;
- links between drug and/or alcohol consumption and offending;
- availiability of drugs;
- estimated levels of demand (met and unmet) for drug and alcohol treatment servicves among the arrestee population;
- levels of intravenous drug use among arrestees; and
- the characteristics and self-reported offending histories of individuals entering the Criminal Justice System.
Web: http://www.homeoffice.gov.uk/rds/pdfs07/hosb1207.pdf (PDF 0.9MB)
Sentencing statistics 2006 - England and Wales
UK. Ministry of Justice, 2007.
This report presents statitics on custodial and community sentences, regional trends and criminal histories
Web: http://www.justice.gov.uk/docs/sentencing-stats2006.pdf (PDF 343KB)
