The Eurostat-UNODC joint annual data collection on crime and criminal justice Michael Jandl Statistics and Surveys Section UNODC
United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (UN-CTS) Worldwide annual data collection sent to UN Member States 18 UN-CTS waves so far (UN-CTS 2016 sent out in July 2016) Network of around 130 Focal Points In 39 countries in Europe: Joint data collection with Eurostat CTS 2015: 100 responses; CTS 2016: 93 responses to 13/3/2017 CTS 2016 data validation files sent to Eurostat, which manages communication with MS CTS 2016 data published by 18 May 2017. Data portal: https://data.unodc.org/
CTS 2017 Review Process Major revision of the UN-CTS decided as part of the ICCS implementation plan 2015 Guided by decisions at First Global Meeting of Focal Points in May 2016 (included many EU MS, Eurostat, OAS and others) Objectives 1. Align the questionnaire with the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS), implementing its analytical tools; 2. Respond to data needs deriving from the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in the areas of crime, violence, justice and the rule of law under UNODC mandate; 3. Respond to emerging data needs at national and international level. 4. Avoid duplication of data collections in existing data collection instruments
CTS Review Process 2017 May 2016 Global Expert Meeting January February 2017 Consultation with Experts May 2017 Second Draft disseminated to all CTS Focal Points 3/4 Q 2017 Finalize and send UN- CTS 2017 December 2016 First Draft finalized March 2017 First Draft disseminated to all CTS Focal Points June 2017 Testing and mapping of UN-CTS 2017
CTS 2017 Review Process UN-CTS version Variables Disaggregation Data points UN-CTS 2016 40 68 223 Global Meeting May 2016 New UN-CTS (draft proposal) 67 Over 90 489 59 84 Annual core variables Year 1 Rotating variables 250 (avg. per year) Outline Intentional homicide (ICCS 01) Violent Crimes (ICCS 02-04) Other Crimes (ICCS 05-11) Criminal Justice System Process Prisons Criminal Justice System Personnel and Capacity Victimization Survey Year 2 Rotating variables
New indicators under discussion Violent crime (victims/offences) CTS 2017 Review Process Other types of crime relevant at international level (offences) Functioning of criminal justice system and its effectiveness Serious assault by ViP relationship and sex Sexual violence by ViP relationship and sex Sexual exploitation by sex and age Child pornography (+ Cy) Acts inducing fear or emotional distress (+ Cy) Victimization surveys: SDG indicators for Goals 5, 11 and 16 Drug-related offences Corruption Fraud (+ Cy) Money-laundering Smuggling of migrant offences Trafficking of weapons and explosives Cyber-crime by type Environmental crime by type Total persons in formal contact, prosecuted, convicted and imprisoned by sex, age status and citizenship by ICCS level 01 and by selected crimes Legal representation Police and prison staff by function Private security personnel by sex Alternatives to imprisonment/ other types of supervision
CTS 2017 Review Process Layout and Form Design 2016 Definitions and (revised) metadata on separate pages Vertical format Aligned with ICCS design and use of disaggregations ( tags ) 2017
SDG indicators and the CTS 2017 Most SDG indicators in the area of crime and criminal justice will be covered by the UN-CTS: 16.1.1: Victims of intentional homicide by sex and age 16.1.3: Proportion of population subjected to physical, psychological or sexual violence (victimization surveys) 16.1.4: Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone 16.3.1: Proportion of victims of violence who reported their victimization to authorities 16.3.2: Unsentenced detainees as a proportion of overall prison population 16.5.1: Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who were asked to pay or who paid a bribe to a public official 16.5.1: Proportion of businesses who had at least one contact with a public official and who were asked to pay or who paid a bribe to a public official 11.7.2: Proportion of persons victim of physical or sexual harassment SDG indicators not covered include Tier III indicators where no methodology has been established: illicit financial flows, seizures of small arms and light weapons,..
ICCS implementation update: Overview First Technical Advisory Group (TAG) Meeting was held in May 2016 in Vienna: launching the process of developing the ICCS implementation manual vol 1 (Mapping administrative crime data) Annotated outline of manual for mapping administrative crime data into the ICCS developed and presented (including Pilot exercises on mapping certain sections of the ICCS (inputs from Germany, Sweden,.. ). Process of translation of ICCS into all 6 UN languages almost finalized (Arabic version in progress) A number of technical assistance activities were started supporting countries in building correspondence tables of NCC and the ICCS, including: workshops, regional conferences in the Americas and Asia, the Virtual Platform etc.
Ongoing work on ICCS implementation manual Nr.1 Implementation support for countries: Development of a Common Protocol/Template on mapping procedures: Technical assistance in drafting correspondence tables, through Q&A on virtual platform or country mission; Volunteer countries for complete ICCS mapping; Case studies of developing complete ICCS correspondence tables; Peer review of another case study correspondence table. Guidance Note on boundaries of the ICCS focusing on the scope of criminal offences (vs. contraventions/administrative offences) inputs welcome!
Virtual platform on ICCS Objective: support ICCS implementation: Members on the platform can: Ask any question to UNODC and to other TAG Members and receive guidance Share documents and exchange their experiences; Advise UNODC on activities and methodological tools for ICCS implementation; Receive methodological tools developed by UNODC (e.g. Model workplan for ICCS implementation) All UNODC Technical Advisory Group members were invited By March 2017: 42 members from 4 continents, further members in process Eurostat WG Members are invited to join!
Virtual platform on ICCS Topics Questions & suggestions National documents Documents for review Roadmap Future topics Boundaries of the ICCS Issues for ICCS review Announcement of new files for information
Plans for data collection on Trafficking in Persons Data collection for the Global Report on Trafficking in Persons 2018 will start in April 2017. As for the previous reports, UNODC is also collecting qualitative information, primarily case briefs of prosecuted TiP cases. In connection to SDG indicator 16.2.2 a series of studies are planned aiming at estimating the number of victims at a local level. Focused data collection on TiP in the context of armed conflict (as requested in Security Council resolution 2331 (20 Dec 2016).
Timeframe April 17 Sept 17 April 18 June 18 Questionnaire to Member States Questionnaire deadline Data to MS for review Review deadline End 18 Global Report 2018
Plans for data collection on Smuggling of Migrants Preparation of first UNODC Global Study (ongoing) Clarifying concepts, mapping existing data sources and gaps in data collection capacities. To cover inter alia profiles of the actors, main hubs and routes, costs and the smugglers modus operandi. To be enriched with information from case briefs and a small set of interviews with migrants. Possible future activities (pending available resources) Data collection from Member States for the Global Report on Smuggling of Migrants (2019). Strengthening the capacities of countries to collect data.
Thank you for your attention UNODC Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics: https://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/crime-and-criminaljustice.html Contact: CTS@unodc.org