Measurement of crime at international level Side Event UNSC New York February 2012 Angela Me Chief Statistics and Surveys Section UNODC

Putting together data from different countries : To identify geographical areas where crime is a threat to citizen security, development, stability To establish a platform where countries can compare their crime levels and trends

Homicide rate by country (2010)

Beyond the collection/dissemination of data to describe the Tans-national nature of crime

Challenge in measuring crime Crime reported to authorities and recorded by authorities

Challenge in measuring crime Crime reported by citizens through victimization surveys Administrative statistics + victimization surveys

What forms of crime are measured?

Are these the forms of crime that matter? Corruption Economic/financial crime Cybercrime Money laundering Organized crime –Human trafficking Develop methodology to measure the ‘difficult to measure’ crime

Updating existing recording systems to better understand the typology and dynamics

Develop methodology to measure the ‘difficult to measure’ crime Updating existing recording systems to better understand the typology and dynamics Design new data collection tools Target different actors –Business –Private sector

Putting together multiple systems: different criminal justice components and states/federal Source: UNODC CTS Need for classifications and national coordination mechanisms: the role of NSO

Need to ‘engender’ crime statistics

Violence against women Crime reported to authorities and recorded by authorities Violence against women surveys

Victimization surveys Center of excellence on crime statistics Training Methodology Framework for measuring organized crime International Statistical Classification of Crime Collection / dissemination of international data series: ex. homicide statistics Corruption surveys

First International Conference on Statistics on governance, public security, victimization and justice Aguascalientes May 2012

Better data, deeper analysis, improved policies, less crime Thank you for your attention.