1. UNECE-UNODC Programme on Victimization Surveys
Angela Me
UNECE Statistics Division

2. Inventory of victimization surveys
Questionnaire sent to 61 countries
18 countries did not reply (29%)
11 countries have no victim surveys (18%)
32 countries return the questionnaire (53%)
Information collected for 78 surveys
Still waiting for follow-up from Croatia and Latvia
Austria, Cyprus, Greece, and Slovakia replied that no surveys have been carried out
UNECE Statistical Division

3. Inventory of victimization surveys
Reached a broad range of institutions
Not only National statistical offices
UNECE Statistical Division

4. Inventory of victimization surveys
Information collected on
General: type of survey, objectives, institutions
Coverage: population, interviewers
Methodology: sample design and size, reference periods, telescoping effect, mode of data collection, non-response
Content: types of crimes and definitions, attitudes, fear, security systems
Dissemination: modes and percentages
UNECE Statistical Division

5. Inventory of victimization surveys
UNECE Statistical Division

6. ECE-UNODC Task Force on Victimization Surveys
Objectives
to survey the countries that have undertaken victimization surveys or are planning such surveys and to collect the methods used;
to analyse the communalities and differences of methods used in countries and the ICVS and to identify areas where it would be useful to recommend standards and common definitions;
to share experiences in the testing of methodologies and, if necessary, to launch the testing of new methods;
to develop methodological guidelines
UNECE Statistical Division

7. ECE-UNODC Task Force on Victimization Surveys
Membership
Australia, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, United States, HEUNI, UNECE and UNODC
UNECE Statistical Division

8. Recent ECE-UNODC Meeting on Victimization Surveys
Conclusions
There is an extensive experience in developing National Victim surveys
ICVS does not intend to replace national victim surveys which have larger scope and sample sizes
It is not always possible to determine the best methods of collecting victimization data
There is the need to provide disaggregated data on victimization which require large sample sizes
UNECE Statistical Division

9. ECE-UNODC Task Force on Victimization Surveys
Conducting of further analysis of the information collected by UNECE and UNODC on national victimization surveys
March-May 2006
Preparation of draft annotated outline of the Manual on victimization surveys
April 2006
Feedback from countries on the draft annotated outline of the Manual
May 2006
Finalization of the annotated outline of the Manual on victimization surveys
June 2006
Meeting of the Task Force to review the contributions to the Manual
November 2006
Finalization of the first draft of the Manual
April 2007
Joint UNECE-UNODC Meeting
October 2007
UNECE Statistical Division