Youth Crime - Findings from 1998-99 Youth Lifestyles Survey
This report discusses the extent of self-reported offending by 4,848
people aged between 12 and 30 living in private households in England
and Wales. It is based on the Youth Lifestyles Survey (YLS) carried out
between October 1998 and January 1999. The YLS focused on 27 offences
including arson, theft, burglary, shoplifting, and buying and selling
stolen goods. Four types of fraud offences were asked about (tax
evasion, benefit fraud, and making false expenses and insurance claims).
Violent offences ranged from threatening someone with a weapon to
fighting and assault.
This report is based on a representative sample of people aged 12-30
living in private households in England and Wales. It does not cover
certain populations more likely to be offenders. It concentrates on a
specific group of offences and on current offending behaviour, i.e.
crime committed in the last 12 months. Attempts were made to minimise
some of the limitations of self-report methodology as described,
although there is still some cause to interpret the findings with care.
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