1. Point 5. Joint activities with UNODC : Plans for a joint data collection system Doc.CR/WG2011/4
Working Group on Crime Statistics
9-10 June 2011

2. Characteristics of Eurostat and UNODC data collections
Coverage
Eurostat = EU, EFTA, candidate & potential candidate countries, others (Australia, Canada, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, USA, South Africa, etc.)
UNODC = whole world
Collection method
Eurostat contact points
UNODC through foreign ministries, then varying procedures
Differing crime types
Periodicity now annual (for both)
Both collect ‘additional’ crime types
UNODC have wider coverage of justice system
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3. Why a joint data collection
Advantages of a joint collection
Save resources of Member States, Eurostat and UNODC
Identical figures eliminate confusion over definitions and sources
Crime classification system
A common language for transmitting data
Member States transcode national data into international system
Possibility to collect more data and more detailed breakdowns, without additional effort
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4. Comparison of data series
Analysis of selected crime variables
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5. What data to be collected Alignment of definitions
Issues to be resolved
What data to be collected
Alignment of definitions
How to handle existing time series
How the data is collected
Data validation procedure
Timing of joint exercise
Publication arrangements
Legal ownership of data
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9-10 June 2011

6. Proposed procedure
By end of 2011, agreement on variables to be included, with corresponding definitions
Early 2012, development of common data series
Mid-2012, consultation of Eurostat Working Group on the above
Late 2012, common data series to be finalised
By end 2012, data request to countries reference year 2011 (by Eurostat?)
Early 2013, data validation (by Eurostat?)
Mid-2013, publication of data (by both Eurostat and UNODC?)
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7. Questions to the Working Group
Should there be a task force?
What would be its mandate?
Choice of variables?
Definitions? (Taking account of crime classification?)
Construction of common data series?
Working Group on Crime Statistics
9-10 June 2011