Crime and Justice Survey

The Crime and Justice Survey (CJS) is a new large-scale survey commissioned by the Northern Ireland Office and Queen´s University Belfast. This survey will provide measures on experiences of crime, safety from crime and self-reported offending.

A summary of the key aims and objectives are:

• Indicate risk factors and experiences of individuals, juveniles and households  with regard to crime
• Collect information about offending and drug use in a household population
• Provide information about the number of offenders coming into contact with the Criminal Justice System
• Look at links between offending and drug use
• Identify risk factors associated with offending and drug use