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MoJ Data First Linked Criminal Courts, Prisons and Probation - England and Wales

Dataset

Summary

Citation:
Ministry of Justice, released 10 March 2022, ONS SRS Metadata Catalogue, dataset, MoJ Data First Linked Criminal Courts, Prisons and Probation - England and Wales, https://doi.org/10.57906/0y39-4s34

Documentation

Description:
The Ministry of Justice Data First linking dataset allows users to join up information from across the justice system (courts, prisons, probation) and should be used in conjunction with other datasets shared as part of the Data First Project. Records relating to individual justice system users can be linked using unique identifiers provided for people involved. This dataset does not itself contain information about people or their interactions with the justice system, but acts as a lookup to identify where records in other datasets are believed to relate to the same person, using our probabilistic record linkage package, Splink, allowing for longitudinal analysis and investigation of repeat appearances and interactions with multiple justice services and to increase understanding around users, their pathways and outcomes. There are two tables: for people and for criminal court cases. The person link table contains rows with references to all records in the individual datasets that have been linked to date plus new identifiers, generated in the linking process, which enables these records to be grouped and linked across the datasets. Datasets currently linkable using this dataset are: - Ministry of Justice Data First magistrates’ court defendant - England and Wales - Ministry of Justice Data First Crown Court defendant - England and Wales - Ministry of Justice Data First prisoner custodial journey - England and Wales - Ministry of Justice Data First probation - England and Wales It is expected that this table will be extended to include more datasets in future. The case link table links cases between the criminal courts only (for example identifying cases that began in the magistrates' court and have been committed to the Crown Court for trial or sentence, or on appeal). It contains rows for all records in the Crown Court data, and the magistrates' record, for the same defendant, that it is judged most likely to relate to. This allows users to follow cases from start to finish and prevent double counting. Previous iterations have linked fewer datasets and included the names of individual datasets being linked in the title.

Coverage

Spatial

Spatial Coverage:
  • England
  • Wales
Geographical Levels:
n/a

Temporal

Start Date:
01 January 2011
Latest Data:
30 September 2021
Frequency:
IRREGULAR
Distribution Release Date:
10 March 2022

Provenance

Source:
  • Administrative
  • Linked

Access and Governance

Usage

Condition of Access:
  • Access needs approval
  • Restricted access
Condition of Use:
  • Special statistical disclosure rules
  • Output required for approval
Resource Creator:
Office for National Statistics

Access

Access Service:
  • Safe Rooms, SafePods
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – office based
  • Assured Organisational Connectivity – remote access
Jurisdictions:
GB-EAW
Data Controller:
Ministry of Justice
Access Level:
Access Level 3

Format and Standards

Languages:
en
Formats:
CSV