With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Phase three – Training DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS PHASE 3 – STATISTICAL TRAINING Albania, January 31 – February 1, 2011 Paul Smit

SESSION 1 Introductions Where this training fits into the CARDS Project How the sessions are organised

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training Paul Smit Hewlett Packard – Software design Statistics Netherlands – Criminal Justice Statistics (Court and Prosecution Statistics) Ministry of Justice, the Netherlands – Police, Prosecution and Court Statistics – Criminal Justice research (Homicides) University teacher in Computing International comparative work in Europe.

Paul Smit – some recent work Prosecution, Goettingen University study on differnt prosecution models ( ) International comparison of detection rates (2005) European Sourcebook on Crime and Justice Statistics, Consultant (evaluator) UNODC Data for Africa (2009 – 2010) ICVS multi mode test (2008 – 2010) Sourcebook of European Homicide Research National representative for Eurostat

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training MY PURPOSES FOR THIS WEEK 1.To understand the needs of participants 2.To being to share my 20+ years experience of crime and justice statistics 3.To open an link for any who wish to keep in contact

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training INTRODUCTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS Please give name, organisation, position and what you would like to gain from the training this week. Plus any other information that you think could be useful to the others here. Please comment on the proposed agenda of the week if you wish

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS WORK Essential for every country to have good basic data on police, prosecution, corrections, courts, migration, victims Essential for good co-ordination of data – Across different areas of law enforcement – Across the country as a whole Involve central statistics agencies Good knowledge on Data handling, Statistics and thorough understanding of the CJ field

With funding from the European Union D EVELOPMENT OF M ONITORING I NSTRUMENTS FOR J UDICIAL AND L AW E NFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE W ESTERN B ALKANS Phase three – Training LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS WORK (cont.) Need for good central guidelines Need to publish statistics routinely Need to use statistics for policy and operations, but there is a difference between statistics and accounting Carry out research to get more information as to what the statistics actually mean Important to get independence from politicians Achieving all this takes a good deal of time and you should think about a 5 or 10 year plan

STRENGTHENING JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS STATISTICS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Objective: to strengthen response to crime and corruption by bringing national statistics justice and home affairs towards compliance with international standards and EU acquis Project funded by the EU under the CARDS programme with additional funds from Germany Three Phases Many common features with UNODC, World Bank Statistical work in Africa and Middle East 7 countries / territories Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), Montenegro, Serbia

THE THREE PHASES: PHASE 1 (RESEARCH) Set out relevant international standards and EU acquis Picture of the strengths & weaknesses of data collection systems Identify gaps and needs of statistical systems It involved:  Desktop research  7 research missions One output:  Technical Assessment Reports for 7 countries / territories

PHASE 2: GUIDELINES To identify common data collection challenges To discuss and adopt specific draft programme guidelines To agree a set of regional indicators To prioritise training needs and adopt outlines of training programmes It involved: o Preparation of draft Programme Guidelines o Feedback from project countries / territories o Discussion and adoption at First Regional Workshop One output: o Programme Guidelines adopted

PHASE 3: TRAINING To design and deliver targeted training activities To improve national capacities to record and report JHA statistics in line with international standards and EU acquis To identify areas for further work and improvements It involves: o Training to be carried out by international experts together with national focal points and national counterparts o Training delivered to police, prosecution, courts, and institutions in areas of migration / asylum / visa

FIRST REGIONAL WORKSHOP (SKOPJE, MAY 2010) Goals To present the technical assessment reports To identify common data collection challenges To adopt specific draft guidelines To prioritise training needs To adopt the outlines of the training program To agree on a set of regional indicators

CHALLENGES OF THE CCJ STATISTICAL SYSTEM IN THE WESTERN BALKANS Developing person-based systems Developing better computerized systems to record data Assigning a unique Integrated File Number (IFN) to person- records to track persons across the whole CCJ system Clear written counting rules to record crime incidents Better co-ordination of statistics across countries and across agencies of law enforcement Training all responsible staff with regard to implementation Enhancing statistical analysis and use of the data collected Improving public dissemination of the data collected I WILL DEAL WITH SOME BUT NOT ALL OF THESE ISSUES

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PROGRAMME GUIDELINES # 19,33 A feasibility study of moving from a case-based to a person-based system of recording (one record for each person prosecuted) may be considered. The study could examine the possibility of assigning a unique integrated file number to person records that is common to the police, prosecution and court components of the criminal justice system. A tripartite working group with experts from the police, prosecution and court systems should be established with the mandate to consider whether and how an integrated file number to track persons and cases throughout the criminal justice system could be introduced and extended to all criminal justice institutions. Session 5 # 30,31 A working group should be set up to define a minimum list of data to be collected in manual and electronic case registration systems of courts, with a view to reduce the current diversity of data collection practices in the courts. The working group should also examine the possibility of keeping harmonized person-based unit records in all electronic Case Management Systems currently built up in courts. Session 7