United Nations, February 2012

Homicide Rate (per 100,000 people) Source: INEGI

Diagnosis (END 2008)  Lack of / slow information on subjects  Last National Municipalities Survey 2002 (only for regional development)  Sporadic participation in Victimization Surveys  Never done national censuses on government, public security and justice  32 heterogeneous crime codes  Sharp contrasts between federal, state and municipal levels  Lack of statistical culture in government units  Mistrust between different actors  Dearth of information concerning violence against women  Low level of public trust Challenges Public Security Information

Qualities Legal Framework IndependenceCoordination

Mexican Government Executive Legislative Judicial Traditional Branches Bank of Mexico (Central Bank) Federal Electoral Institute National Human Rights Commission National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) Autonomous Entities

I N E G I AUTONOMOUSAUTONOMOUS

National System: Original Subsystems Social and DemographicEconomicGeographic and Environmental Government, Public Security and Justice New Subsystem

Systematic Approach to the production of Public Security Information Government Public Security (crime) Prosecution Justice 4 Main components Functions Resources Performance Institutional Capability Administrative Records Surveys Censuses Geographic Technologies Tools Center UNODC/INEGI Statistical Conference of the Americas UN Statistical Commission International Cooperation

Technical Committees C H A I R S Government Ministry of Finance Public Security Federal Police Commissioner Prosecution General Attorney’s Office Justice Federal Judicial Council Instruments

Projects National Municipal Census 2009, 2011 National State Censuses 2010, 2011 National Victimization and Public Security Perception Survey (ENVIPE 2011) Continuous Public Security Perception Survey Administrative Records

Projects Quality of Government National Survey 2011 Federal Government Census 2012 Crime Against Business National Survey 2012 Crime Mapping UN Statistical Commission Report on the indicators on violence against women Statistical Conference of the Americas (ECLAC) Regional Center of Excellence UNODC/INEGI

National Victimization and Public Security Perception Survey 2011 (ENVIPE) Basic Findings

National Victimization Survey (ENVIPE) ,179 households. Target population: 18 and over. 2010, year of reference. Fieldwork: March to April UNODC: assistance in survey design. Substantial improvements over previous surveys. Use of a memory card with a general description of possible victimization situations. Specification of different crimes.

Methodological improvements Previous surveysENVIPE 2011 The respondent did not receive any assistance to recall the number and type of crimes that could have experienced. Higher certainty through the use of a memory card with a general description of possible victimization situations. The survey only captured details of the last crime for each type. The survey captures the details of each one of the crimes experienced, with a maximum of five for each type of crime. The number of crimes was presented just for the State of residence of the victim. Crimes are counted both for the State of residence and for the State in which crimes took place. The rates of crime measures were presented as a proportion of the country total population. The incidence rate measures are calculated with the survey’s objective population, i.e. adults aged 18 and over. The survey design allowed only estimates by population. The survey design allows estimates by household and population.

Prevalence ENVIPE estimated 17,847,550 victims, 24% of the population aged 18 and over. Previous victimization surveys estimated between million victims for

Crime incidence The ENVIPE estimated 22,714,967 crimes related to 17,847,550 victims. This represents a rate of 1.3 crimes per victim.

Crime costs 73.5% 23.0% 3.5%

ENVIPE estimated 92% crimes are either unreported or unrecorded. Dark Figure

Perception 47% of the population considers the Navy as very effective, followed by the Army with 43%.

Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Victimization, Crime and Justice. UNODC-INEGI

Center of Excellence INEGI – UNODC Cooperation Agreement (December 1, 2010) Focus: To establish a partnership for technical cooperation between INEGI and UNODC for the development of Statistical Information on Government, Victimization, Crime and Justice. The Center is located at INEGI Mexico City with additional facilities in Aguascalientes. Inaugurated on May 16, 2011 by Mrs. Angela Me, UNODC, Mr. Eduardo Sojo, INEGI, and Mr. Antonio Mazzitelli, UNODC ROMEX.

Center of Excellence Members of the Advisory Committee: UNODC Section of Statistics and Surveys INEGI UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) Organization of American States (OAS) Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Center for Research and Teaching in Economics, (CIDE,Mexico) Michael Rand, US Department of Justice Jan Van Dijk,Tilburg’s International Victimology Institute Chile, Interior Ministry CISALVA Institute, Universidad del Valle Cali, Colombia

Center of Excellence The Advisory Committee approved a two-year working program Main Programmes: Victimization Surveys Crime against business Crime Mapping Corruption Organized crime Cybercrime

Center of Excellence An official website has been launched An official website has been launched The Center of Excellence is promoting: The First International Conference on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice Statistics. Aguascalientes, May 2012 Research internships are permanently available (7 international and national interns have already been recruited)

Center of Excellence  Key role of NSO’s as producers and coordinators of crime statistical information  Importance of systematic approach  Relevance of international co-operation and support of international organizations