1. “EU Crime Statistics – Offence Classifications” (CSP)
The Italian practice and the European List of International Requirements
P. Dishnica, Istat
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2. EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
Statistical data & metadata flow on crimes
EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
STATISTICAL DATABASE
RE.GE
Statistical Transformation
Statistical Integration Ex-post
Statistical
Territorial
Information
System
Overall statistical scheme on crime
Data and metadata diagram
Individual
respondent
ISTAT
Diffusion In
conformity
to the
main Users
Direct data collection
Database
(Data &
Metadata)
Opinons Surveys
Administrative Register
(Prosecution) DATA BASE RE.GE.
Data & Metadata
INTERSECTION
ZERO
PROCEEDINGS
PROSECUTOR AUTHORISATION
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3. EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
Types of crimes to be considered/defined by statistics
EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
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4. EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
The elements of the statistical offence classification
EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
Statistical counting Unit: Offenders, offences, cases (proceedings)
Scope of Statistical classification: Ordered set of crimes defined as close as possible to the Penal Code
Statistical classification item = f (legal qualification, weight, validity)
The criteria used:
The violence (the use of violence or not) – whether the violence is involved
The acquisition (theft/extortion/blackmail) – whether the intent of the offence is acquisitive
Type of victims (persons, real estate, the State, community)
The intention of the act (intentional or unintentional)
Ancillary (subordinate) crime – whether the crime depends for its existence on another crime
The attempt or not (for some crimes, an attempt has been made in order to distinguish between the less serious and the more one)
Seriousness and aggravation factors
Other types of lists at national level on offences
Operational/Legal
Bottom-up/Top-down
All crimes approach/List approach
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5. EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
The elements of statistical offence classification
EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
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6. EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
Statistical Classification or an European list of international requirements ?
EU Crime Statistics Offence Classifications
International offence comparisons are difficult exercises
MAINLY due to concepts and definitions.
Ex: money laundering; human trafficking; organized crime, etc.
Suggestions:
The main problem: the statistical model and the model’s assumptions (crime, crime x person x sex x age, crime x victim, crime x place).
It is essential to develop a classification model starting from the bottom level.
Identifying the most accurate item definition, and
Check the existing definition (s) or description (s). This leads to the item feasibility.
The aggregation criteria becomes the discriminator factor for the development of the classification.
NSIs and/or other relevant Organisations should be encouraged to be actively involved in such a Project and validate the quality.
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