actions taken by the person to avoid crime in the target area; and recent victimisation in the target area. In addition, it will be necessary to obtain demographic information from survey respondents, including their age, sex, language spoken, living arrangements, education and employment status. These are important because they have been shown to influence people's perceptions of crime and safety. Survey templates have been developed for you to use in surveying the community pre- and The surveys for the two time periods are similar in content, to allow you to measure change by repeating the same questions at two time points. Questions have been organised into modules, so that you can select which questions are most relevant to your project. See for more information and an easy template for you to use to survey the community before and after you implement your project. How should you administer the survey? There are various options for administration of the survey including via telephone, in paper format, online or face-to-face by pedestrian intercept. The pros and cons of each approach, along with some useful things to consider in choosing how you might conduct a survey, are presented in Table 6. Table 6 Different options for conducting community safety surveys Mode Pros Cons Things to consider Council workers are not How will the telephone required to go into the field contact details of potential There may be challenges in to collect the data participants be accessed? Telephone gaining access to phone The same group of Does Council have the time survey numbers of potential participants can be targeted and resources required to participants for participation pre and conduct surveys via post-implementation telephone? Nearby streets can be easily identified and selected for inclusion in the sample by What are the staffing and referring to a map of the resourcing implications local area The onus is on the associated with the The same group of individual to respond to the letterbox drop? Paper-based participants can be targeted survey and post the What are the costs survey for participation pre and completed form back to associated with printing Council, which may limit post-implementation surveys and providing reply response rate After the initial letterbox paid envelopes to drop, the time and respondents? resources required to administer the survey is limited
actions taken by the person to avoid crime in the target area; and recent victimisation in the target area. In addition, it will be necessary to obtain demographic information from survey respondents, including their age, sex, language spoken, living arrangements, education and employment status. These are important because they have been shown to influence people's perceptions of crime and safety. Survey templates have been developed for you to use in surveying the community pre- and The surveys for the two time periods are similar in content, to allow you to measure change by repeating the same questions at two time points. Questions have been organised into modules, so that you can select which questions are most relevant to your project. See for more information and an easy template for you to use to survey the community before and after you implement your project. How should you administer the survey? There are various options for administration of the survey including via telephone, in paper format, online or face-to-face by pedestrian intercept. The pros and cons of each approach, along with some useful things to consider in choosing how you might conduct a survey, are presented in Table 6. Table 6 Different options for conducting community safety surveys Mode Pros Cons Things to consider Telephone survey Council workers are not required to go into the field to collect the data The same group of participants can be targeted for participation pre and post-implementation There may be challenges in gaining access to phone numbers of potential participants How will the telephone contact details of potential participants be accessed? Does Council have the time and resources required to conduct surveys via telephone? Paper-based survey Nearby streets can be easily identified and selected for inclusion in the sample by referring to a map of the local area The same group of participants can be targeted for participation pre and post-implementation After the initial letterbox drop, the time and resources required to administer the survey is limited The onus is on the individual to respond to the survey and post the completed form back to Council, which may limit response rate What are the staffing and resourcing implications associated with the letterbox drop? What are the costs associated with printing surveys and providing reply paid envelopes to respondents?
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