Crime Statistics, Crime Politics
The 2008 annual meeting of the
Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics User Group in partnership with the
Home Office, Ministry of Justice and OCJR
Royal Statistical Society
12 Errol Street London EC1Y 8LX
Central London: 18th February 2008
This meeting has been arranged by the Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics
Users Group, an independent body established by the Statistics Users Forum
of the Royal Statistical Society and the Home Office
It is the latest in a series of meetings between the producers of crime and
justice statistics and the users of these statistics - whether they are
researchers, campaigners, politicians, journalists or users in the public
sector. The aim of the User Group is to promote better understanding of
crime and justice statistics and foster closer working relationships between
producers and users.
There is no booking fee but persons wanting to come should send a confirming
email to: [log in to unmask]
Details of the venue available from the Royal Statistical Society:
www.rss.org/findus
Draft Programme
(Subject to change)
0930 Registration and refreshments
1000 Introduction
Mike Hough: CCJ User Group
1015 The Stats Commission/Smith Reviews: what's happened,
what's planned, what's not being done, what effects?
Alison Walker: Home Office
Academic/practitioner commentator (TBC)
1100 Tea and coffee
1115 The new PSA system and criminal justice
Home Office/Justice/OCJR Statisticians
Allan Brimicombe (UEL)
1200 Small group discussion of (a) Stats Reviews and (b) PSA
changes
1245 Lunch
1330 Measuring confidence and trust in justice (UK and Europe)
Lawrence Singer, OCJR
Researcher from BCS team
Mike Hough, King's College London
1415 Police statistics: progress on the data-hub
Chris Kershaw: Home Office
Police analyst (TBC)
1500 The evidence base for comparing sentencing options
Paul Kiff (UEL)
MoJ commentator
1530 Concluding discussion
1600 Tea and Close
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