Project on translating and testing a victimisation survey module 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

EU Action Plan 2006-2010 Point 4.3 Establishment and implementation of a regular data collection for common indicators Establish a methodology for a common survey module on victimisation mid-2007 Translate and test a common survey module on victimisation 2007-8 Implement a common survey module on victimisation 2008-9 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

UNODC/UNECE database UNECE/UNODC task force beginning 2006 includes several EU Member States (Italy, Netherlands, Poland, United Kingdom) Questionnaire sent to UN Member States resulted in database of victimisation surveys Access to this database was given by UNODC/UNECE to Eurostat Database continues to be maintained by UNECE/UNODC 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

To be considered by the CES in June 2009 UNODC/UNECE manual Draft submitted to Bureau of Conference of European Statisticians (CES) 2-3 February 2009 To be considered by the CES in June 2009 Final version will be available for development of EU victimisation survey module, subject to agreement of UNODC/UNECE 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

CRIMPREV study CRIMPREV programme Assessing Deviance, Crime and Prevention in Europe Funded 2006-2009 by European Commission (DG Research 6th Framework Programme) Consortium headed by CNRS (Centre Nationale de la Recherche Scientifique) Study Victimisation and Insecurity in Europe available in French and English Includes review of characteristics of existing surveys 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

International Crime Victimisation Survey (ICVS) Has been conducted in 1989, 1992, 1996, 2000, 2004 Mostly telephone interviewing, samples typically about 2000 per country 5th wave received EU funding (EU-ICS) under DG Research 6th Framework Programme 6th wave with revised questionnaire (ICVS2) to be conducted 2009, probably with EU funding 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Study by European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control (HEUNI) Starting point was UNODC/UNECE database Additional information gathered by HEUNI through bilateral contacts with Member States Consultation with DG Expert Group 2-3 April 2007 Subsequent comments received from Expert Group members 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Main principles as agreed through discussions with DG JLS Expert Group Cover the ‘usual’ crime types (such as property crimes and crimes against person) Include also some ‘new’ (non-traditional) crime types as far as these can be included in a household survey (such as consumer fraud, identity theft, credit card fraud, computer security) Touch upon general safety issues (such as feeling safe, availability of security systems, prevalence of weapons) Try to obtain a measure of domestic violence, while taking account of practical difficulties and sensitivity issues 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Questionnaire finalised by Eurostat task force on victimisation, 28-29 June 2007 A. Respondent and household characteristics B. Feeling safe and worries about crime C. Screening questions D. Victim form E. Other victimisation issues F. Other safety issues G. Violence 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Pilot exercises involving EU victimisation module 17 national organisations currently participating in translating and testing module Partly funded by European Commission (DG JLS Framework Partnerships and Eurostat) Starting dates vary from 1 June 2008 to 15 December 2008, most around 1 September 2008 Three reports due on translating (after three months, already mostly available), approach adopted to testing (six months), results of testing (twelve months) Testing in mixed modes (postal, face-to-face, telephone, Internet) . 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Study on crime victimisation Report on latest developments in each Member State in crime victimisation including ICVS Monitoring of ongoing activities including pilot exercises of EU victimisation survey module Final evaluation of pilot exercises Strategic analysis of future development of coverage of victimisation at EU level 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Task force on victimisation : mandate Establish a methodology for a survey module on victimisation, taking account of relevant experiences at national and international level, and in particular the work of the UNECE/UNODC task force on victimisation surveys and the study carried out under a Eurostat grant by HEUNI Examine the results of testing the survey module on victimisation in Member States, explore the feasibility of the module and reach conclusions Based on the evaluation of the testing, propose an approach for implementing a survey module on victimisation at European level Report to the Working Group for Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics on each stage of the above activities 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Another meeting of Task Force 2010 Future development Task force on victimisation to review progress on piloting of EU module 4-5 June 2009 Task force report will be available to this Working Group at 2010 meeting Another meeting of Task Force 2010 Proposal concerning implementation options to be made to Directors of Social Statistics, September 2010 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice

Thank you for listening Geoffrey.Thomas@ec.europa.eu 20 February 2009 Working Group, Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice