Consultation on the British Crime Survey intimate personal violence questionnaire
Consultation on the British Crime Survey intimate personal violence questionnaire
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The Home Office ran a public consultation on changes to the British Crime Survey (BCS) intimate personal violence (IPV) questionnaire from April 2012. Any change needed to take into consideration the issue of how to treat trend data. The current questions have a continuous trend since 2004/05 and these trend data are valuable in assessing changes in victimisation over time.