Violence-related Injury Data in England and Wales: An Alternative Data Source on Violence

Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam; Jonathan P. Shepherd; Kent Matthews; Sally Jones

doi:10.1093/bjc/43.1.223

Violence-related Injury Data in England and Wales: An Alternative Data Source on Violence

Vaseekaran Sivarajasingam, Jonathan P. Shepherd, Kent Matthews, Sally Jones

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Abstract

This research note draws attention to an alternative source of data on violence in England and Wales obtained from A & E departments. The data is monthly frequency, classified by gender and age. The advantage of A&E data is that case identification depends not on the perception that a crime has been committed, but on the presence of injury deemed to require medical treatment. We examine the incidence of violent injury by gender and health region and find that the statistics are consisent with BCS estimates of overall violence.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	223-227
Number of pages	5
Journal	British Journal of Criminology
Volume	43
Issue number	1
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/43.1.223
Publication status	Published - Dec 2003
Externally published	Yes

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Pathology and Forensic Medicine
Social Psychology
Arts and Humanities (miscellaneous)
Law

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