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The First British Crime Survey

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The First British Crime Survey: An Ethnography of Criminology within Government

By

Julian Molina

University of Bristol, UK

United Kingdom – North America – Japan – India – Malaysia – China

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List of Figures

List of Acronyms

BCA

Black Cultural Archives

BCS

British Crime Survey

C1

Home Office Criminal Department

CDRC

Criminal Department Research Committee

CPPU

Crime Policy Planning Unit

CSEW

Crime Survey for England and Wales

CSO

Central Statistical Office

F3

Home Office Police Department

GHS

General Household Survey

GLC

Greater London Council

GSR

Government Social Research

GSS

Government Statistical Service

HMIC

Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary

HORU

Home Office Research Unit

LMA

London Metropolitan Archives

MPD

Metropolitan Police Department

NCS

National Crime Survey

NRS

National Records of Scotland

OPCS

Office of Population Censuses and Surveys

RPU

Research and Planning Unit

S1

Home Office Statistical Division 1

S2

Home Office Statistical Division 2

S3

Home Office Statistical Division 3

SCPR

Social and Community Planning Research

SD

Home Office's Statistical Department

SHHD

Scottish Home and Health Department

TNA

The National Archives

Acknowledgements

Firstly, I would like to express my thanks for the generosity of my unnamed interviewees who kindly shared their memories of working on the British Crime Survey. The book has benefited from the encouragement of Vanesa Fuertes, Lukas Griesl, Matthieu de Castelbajac, Rebecca Shortt, Elaine Wedlock and Tomas Percival. I would like to thank Pamela Cox for her early support for this project and Patricia Castellano for her assistance at the National Records for Scotland. I want to thank the friends, colleagues and teachers at Goldsmiths, University of London, the University of Warwick and the University of the West of Scotland, each of whom have helped shape this book. I would like to thank my former colleagues in the Civil Service, without whom I would not have understood which way was up or down. I would like to thank the Emerald editorial team for their professionalism, Dave Churchill for his thoughtful feedback, and the anonymous reviewers of my proposal. Additional thanks go to the staff at The National Archives, the British Library, the Black Cultural Archives, the Institute of Criminology, Cambridge, and the London Metropolitan Archives. This research was made possible through the British Academy/Leverhulme Small Grant Fund, project code SG2122\210910 and an Economic and Social Research Council Doctoral Studentship.

Special thanks to Tom Percival and Sasha Bergstrom-Katz, for giving me a place to stay and the provocation to get this book going. I would like to thank my parents, Nicola and Edmundo, for their lively faith. This book was only possible due to the love and grace of Fidelma Hanrahan.