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Measurement of crime at international level
Side Event UNSC New York February 2012
Angela MeChief Statistics and Surveys Section
UNODC
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Putting together data from different countries:
To identify geographical areas where crime is a threat to citizen security, development, stability
To establish a platform where countries can compare their crime levels and trends
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Homicide rate by country (2010)
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Beyond the collection/dissemination of data to describe the
Tans-national nature of crime
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Challenge in measuring crime
Crime reported to authorities and recorded
by authorities
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Challenge in measuring crime
Crime reported by citizens through
victimization surveys
Administrative statistics + victimization surveys
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What forms of crime are measured?
Trends in conventional types of crime
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Drug-related crime - 19countries
Robbery - 25 countries
Burglary - 17 countries
Rape - 22 countries
Motor Vehicle Theft - 22countries
Homicide - 40 countries
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Are these the forms of crime that matter?
• Corruption • Economic/financial crime• Cybercrime• Money laundering• Organized crime
– Human trafficking
Develop methodology to
measure the ‘difficult to
measure’ crime
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Develop methodology to measure the ‘difficult to measure’ crime
• Updating existing recording systems to better understand the typology and dynamics
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Develop methodology to measure the ‘difficult to measure’ crime
• Updating existing recording systems to better understand the typology and dynamics
• Design new data collection tools• Target different actors
– Business– Private sector
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8 countries with high homicide rates (>8.0)
12 countries with medium homicide rates (2.0-7.9)
18 countries with low homicide rates (0-1.9)
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Homicide rate
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Putting together multiple systems: different criminal justice components
and states/federal
Source: UNODC CTS
Need for classifications and national coordination mechanisms: the role of NSO
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Need to ‘engender’ crime statistics
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Violence against women
Crime reported to authorities and recorded
by authorities
Violence against women surveys
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Victimization
surveys
Center of excellence on crime statistics
TrainingMethodology
Framework for measuring organized crime
International Statistical Classification of Crime
Collection / dissemination of international data series: ex. homicide statistics
Corruption surveys
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First International Conference on Statistics on governance, public security, victimization and justice
Aguascalientes 22-25 May 2012
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Better data, deeper analysis, improved policies, less crime
Thank you for your
attention.