crime statistics in sweden
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Crime statistics in Sweden. Arletta Plunkett. The National Council for Crime Prevention. Task force Statistics on Crime, Luxembourg, 31May-1 June 2005. What Crime Statistics are collected in Sweden. Official Swedish Crime Statistics; Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (BRÅ) - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Arletta Plunkett
Crime statistics in Sweden
The National Council for Crime Prevention
Task force Statistics on Crime, Luxembourg, 31May-1 June 2005
•Official Swedish Crime Statistics;Swedish National Council for Crime Prevention (BRÅ)
•Self Declaration Survey
•International Crime Victimisation Survey
•Survey on Living conditions in Sweden
What Crime Statistics are collected in Sweden
Contents
Organization
Criminal Statistics
Collecting Data
Producing Criminal Statistics
Distributing Statistics
Organization
StatisticalDivisionPersonal: 7
ITDivisionPersonal: (6)
Criminal Statistics
Field
Recorded offences
Cleared-up offences
Persons suspected of offences
Persons found guilty of offences
Recidivism
The correctional care system
Producer
BRÅ
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KVS
Collecting Data(produced by the National Council for Crime Prevention)
Police/Custom CourtProsecutor
Recorded off.
Cleared-up off.
Suspected persons
Persons found guilty
(Recidivism)
The National Council for Crime Prevention
Registration: Recorded offences
by the police/custom and prosecutor
•Includes all crimes reported to or discovered by the police
•Statistics include all offences against the penalty code, the law on road traffic offences etc.
•Every offence committed on a single occasion is recorded
•Attempts may be classified as completed crimes (depending on offence)
•Each crime is represented by a code
Registration: Recorded offences
by the police/custom and prosecutor
Example
Type of offence
Attempted car theft:
Completed car theft :
About 300 different types offences
Every type has a separate code
Code
0801
0802
Registration The code
0801
Juridical information
Law, Act, Chapter, Section
Criminological information: Object, procedure, place (indoors, outdoors) etc.
Serial number
From the code list (page 1)
8 chap.
Penal code
Theft and burglary
1, 2, 4, 7, 8 sec.
Theft of motor vehicle
0801
0802
0803
0804
0805
0806
Attempted car theft
Completed car theft Motor-cycle
Moped
Boat
Other
From the code list (page 2)
Definitions and comments Criteria for counting offences
Completed car theft: … as soon as the car is moved …
Attempted car theft: … as soon as the ignition switch or … has been affected …Moped: …
Theft: One offence for each place …. ……….
One offence for each specified occasion …
Collecting Data: Recorded offences
The National Council for Crime Prevention
PolicePolice
PolicePolice
Police
21 regional police authorities
Police
National Police Board
Every day
Once a week: about 20 000 offences per week
Producing Criminal Statistics:controls at the National Council for Crime Prevention
Control Data Base
Statistical Data Base
Corrections
Producing Criminal Statistics: output
Statistical Data Base
Preliminary statistics about
•Recorded . offences
•Internet
Preliminary statistics about
•Recorded . offences
Internet, Report
Definitive statistics about
• Recorded offences
• Cleared-up offences
• Suspected persons
Internet, Report
Monthly Quarterly Yearly
Registration: Person found guilty of offences by courts and prosecutor
•Statistics includes all crimes against the penalty code and other laws and acts
•In some reports the rule of major crime is applied
–Major crime is considered that with the highest penalty
Collecting Data: Persons found guilty of offences
The National Council for Crime Prevention
CourtCourt
CourtCourt
CourtCourt
National Police Board
Every day
The National Courts Administration
Once a month
District prosecutorDistrict prosecutorDistrict prosecutorDistrict prosecutorDistrict prosecutorDistrict prosecutor
The Office of the Prosecutor-General
Every day
Every day
Producing Criminal Statistics:controls at the Council for Crime Prevention
Control Data Base
Statistical Data Base
Corrections
Producing Criminal Statistics: output
Statistical Data Base
Definitive statistics about:
• Persons found guilty of offences
• Persons found guilty of Narcotics offences
• Recidivism
Internet, Report
Yearly
Distribution of Criminal Statistics
Internet Monthly Preliminary. Recorded offences
Quarterly Preliminary. Recorded offences Yearly Definitive. Recorded offences
Cleared-up offences Suspected persons Persons found guilty of offences
Recidivism
Reports Quarterly Preliminary. Recorded offences Yearly Definitive. Recorded offences
Cleared-up offences Suspected persons
Persons found guilty of offences Recidivism
Distribution of Criminal Statistics
Yearbook Yearly Definitive statistics about
• Recorded offences
• Cleared-up offences
• Persons suspected of offences
• Persons found guilty of offences
•Persons found guilty of narcotics offences
• Recidivism
• The correctional care system
Distribution of Criminal Statistics
Special questions by post, email, phone etc: • Judicial system
• Research (from schools to universities)
• Media
• Public
• etc.
Other statistical reports and research