1. Working Group Meeting: Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice 15 March 2017, Luxembourg
Ongoing work on developing the ICCS manual and translations Solène Larue, GOPA Luxembourg Sàrl Arsela Sturc, GOPA Luxembourg Sàrl
Eurostat

2. Presentation plan
Introduction
Timeline
ICCS Booklet
Translations
Conclusion

3. Introduction
The development and harmonisation of crime statistics requires the construction of a standard classification of crimes for statistical purposes.
The classification is built on two principles:
Primary unit of classification is the act or event which constitutes a criminal offence.
The description of criminal acts is based on behaviours/events, not on legal provisions.
The United Nations Statistical Commission, at its 46th session in March 2015, and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its 24th session in May 2015 have endorsed the ICCS as an international statistical standard for data collection, both from administrative records and survey generated data.

4. Introduction

5. Disaggregating variables
Introduction
Disaggregating variables

6. Timeline

7. ICCS Booklet
The legal concepts, criminal justice systems, and methods to collect and disseminate crime statistics vary greatly between European countries.
 By using a common classification, comparability across Europe is strengthened.
The lack of uniform definitions, of standardized instruments and of common methodology limit the comparability of crime data, even among Eurostat countries.
 Implementing the ICCS on the European level is an important step toward improving comparability.
The data on criminal offences published by Eurostat are already classified according to the ICCS.
 This first goal was accomplished by requesting figures for ICCS categories.

8. ICCS Booklet
The next goal is to implement ICCS into the recording of crime and producing crime statistics.
The overall purpose of our booklet is to raise awareness about and motivate for the implementation of the ICCS, among data users and data providers.
This booklet shall complement the guidance to data providers in the EU prepared by the UNODC.
It will further present the titles of the offence categories at all four levels of the ICCS in each of the official EU languages.

9. ICCS Booklet Table of Contents 1. Introduction
2. Overview of ICCS version 1.0
2.1. Focus and Structure of the ICCS
2.2. Principles used in the ICCS
2.3. Relations to existing classifications
2.4. How to implement and use ICCS
2.5. The UN Technical Advisory Group
3. How the crimes defined at an EU level relate to the ICCS
3.1. Trafficking in human beings
3.2. Cybercrime
3.3. Corruption
3.4. Money laundering
3.5. Confiscation and freezing of assets
3.6. Counterfeiting
3.7. Drug control, illicit drug markets and drug trafficking
3.8. Trafficking of firearms
3.9. Gender-based violence
4. Incorporating the ICCS into policymaking and research
5. Translation of ICCS titles into EU languages

10. Translations UNODC published ICCS on March 2015
Eurostat planned to translate the classification in other 21 official EU languages during Summer 2016
A first translation was submitted to MS in Summer 2016

11. Translations
After the first review by MS, a second review by GOPA was done in order to harmonize
Coordination for MS with same language
Not already a mapping but a word-by-word translation
In Autumn 2016, the new version of translations was ready and will be published with ICCS Manual

12. Conclusion Members of the Working Group are invited to comment on:
If they have already implemented the ICCS (even partially) in their country;
If they need last version of translation before the official publication.
In 2016 data collection, the guideline will be updated in order to highlight ICCS categories for EU variables
Thanks ! Any questions ?