1. To know each other 1.Self introduction (name, affiliation, an adjective) 2.Involved in data production and analysis? 3.Do you know about UN-CTS? 4.Do you provide country data to UN-CTS? 5.Do you provide country data to other international organisations? 6.In your office, is there a specific unit/person working full-time on data collection, analysis and dissemination?

2. The UN-CTS, the global data collection on crime Enrico Bisogno Team Leader Crime Statistics UNODC

3. A major undertaking Started in 1977, following a resolution of the General Assembly (GA Res. 3021,1972) Initially every 5 years, then every 3, 2 and now (since 2009) every year Twelve UN-CTS waves so far

4. Recent developments ECOSOC resolution 2009/25 asked UNODC to improve UN-CTS As a result: –Annual periodicity –Electronic format (Excel) –Annual core module + rotating modules –Collection of metadata –Improved data collection system –Enhanced data processing system –Electronic dissemination of data –Improved analysis of data

5. The main driver From a formal exercise of communication from countries to the United Nations to a sustainable gathering of usable data for further dissemination in user-friendly manner to facilitate global, regional and national analysis of crime trends and criminal justice systems operations

6. The contents Data on crime event: –Data are collected on main conventional crimes (homicide, assault, sexual violence, rape, kidnapping, theft, vehicle theft, burglary, domestic burglary) Police recorded data and, since 2010, victimisation surveys

7. The contents (cont.) Data on criminal justice operations: –Police: persons brought into formal contact –Prosecutors: persons prosecuted –Courts: persons brought before criminal courts, persons convicted –Prisons: persons held in prisons Data refer to, respectively, total crime, homicide and rape

8. The contents (cont.) The modules In 2010: –corruption –misuse of technology in the abuse of children In 2011: –Homicide (typology, mechanism, victims) –foreign victims of crimes

9. The data collection process UNODCPM’s at UNODC MFANational focal point PoliceProsecutorCourtsPrisons OAS EU

10. 12 th UN-CTS, some encouraging results

11. Improving usability and comparability Better metadata on collected data –From ‘Please explain’ to specific questions and drop-down menus Improve crime definitions –In the CTS questionnaire –UNODC-UNECE Framework classification on crime

12. UNODC/UNECE work on crime classification An act/event-based classification of all crimes (and not on the legal provisions), on the basis of: –target of the act/event –seriousness of the act/event –intent of the perpetrator –modus operandi of the act/event –degree of completion of the act/event

13. Technical support to countries Trainings/workshops, often in collaboration with other international organizations (such as OAS) Development of training curricula, depository of documentation, analytical publications –INEGI-UNODC Centre of Excellence on Security Statistics

14. UN-CTS response rate at global level

15. UN-CTS response rate in the Americas

16. UN-CTS data completion rate (on replies)

17. UN-CTS metadata completion rate (on replies)

18. Dissemination of data UNODC Website –UN-CTS Data /http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/statistics/crime.html –Homicide Statistics http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-analysis/homicide.html OAS Alertamerica, Observatorio de seguridad ciudadana de la OEA http://www.oas.org/dsp/Observatorio/database/indicators.aspx?lang=es

19. Data analysis: new products

20. Thank you. enrico.bisogno@unodc.org +43 1 26060 4426

21. Questions Do you think UN-CTS is useful at country level? How? Many challenges: questionnaire, definitions, metadata, collection process, institutional framework at country level, etc. : in your opinion are we going the right direction?