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The mandate to develop crime statistics

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1 Statistics on crime, criminal justice and victimisation Eurostat activities 2006

2 The mandate to develop crime statistics
Hague Programme November 2004 : ”The European Council welcomes the initiative of the Commission to establish European instruments for collecting, analysing and comparing information on crime and victimisation and their respective trends in Member States, using national statistics and other sources of information as agreed indicators. Eurostat should be tasked with the definition of such data and its collection from the Member States.” A Communication of the Commission in 2006 to implement Hague Programme in area of crime statistics, including : Detailed Action Plan Setting up expert committee of representatives of MSs

3 Crime statistics : organisation
Contact points nominated by Directors of Social Statistics Often from other government organisations One contact point per country Task force 31 May – 1 June 2005

4 Conclusions of Eurostat task force 2005
Reported crime – collect data from Member States and assess comparability Victimisation surveys – work towards producing comparable data Organised crime – agree on definitions and methodology for collecting comparable data

5 Meeting of Directors of Social Statistics, 28-29 September 2005
List of variables for collection agreed Financial support for development of guidelines on victimisation Organised crime - need to review with Member States the data currently available List of contact points updated Task force to continue in 2006

6 Collection of data on reported crime
Comparability issues Importance of metadata Existing collections e.g. UNODC, European Sourcebook A gradual approach

7 Types of information on crime
Correction Conviction Prosecution Police reporting Victimisation

8 Police reporting : crime types
Eurostat (8 crime types) Sourcebook (11 crime types) UN Crime Survey (18 crime types)

9 Steps towards comparable European data on victimisation
Analyse results of questionnaire sent by UNECE-UNODC Identify common topics and experiences Propose a set of common questions and strategy for implementing survey or module Propose pilot exercise to national statistical offices Fieldwork in Member States

10 Measuring organised crime
Identify crime types Define crime types Identify sources of data in Member States Introduce new crime types into data collection


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