1. How to build a system of collecting data : criteria and processes Françoise MULKAY Childhood, Youth and Youth Protection Observatory French Speaking Community of Belgium

2. Some questions Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? How to define maltreatment ? Which source(s) of data ? How to collect data ?

3. Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? To know –how many children are maltreated now  Incidence of phenomenon; –how many persons have been maltreated during their childhood  Prevalence of phenomenon.

4. Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? To know To act –to improve the help for the children –to help parents –to prevent maltreatment –to improve the laws

5. Why do we want any data about maltreatment ? To know To act To compare –in time; –between countries.

6. How to define maltreatment ? What is maltreatment ? –Problem of definitions. –How to find some concrete behaviors to explain the definitions but also how to translate them ? Which maltreatment ? –Substantiated maltreatment or also suspected maltreatment and situations at risk.

7. How to define maltreatment ? What is maltreatment ? Which maltreatement ? When do we count ? –when the situation is reported; –when the situation was analyzed and so when the situation is substantiated.

8. How to define maltreatment ? What is maltreatment ? Which maltreatement ? When do we count ? Intra-family, extra-family, institutional maltreatment

9. Which source(s) of data ? Survey or analysis of administrative data ?

10. Which source(s) of data ? Survey or analysis of administrative data ? If we choose administrative data –Judicial sources, health sector sources, social sector sources ? –If social sources are the best choice, how are they collected in each country. Problems when reporting is not an obligation.

11. Which source(s) of data ? If we choose administrative data –Judicial sources, health sector sources, social sector sources ? –If social sources are the best choice, how are they collected in each country ? Problems when reporting is not an obligation. Statistics about the situations of reported maltreatment are different from statistics about maltreatement

12. How to collect data ? Survey or analysis of administrative data ? If analysis with administrative data –which service or services are collecting data ? Centralized or decentralized ? How to choose the best service ? –Do we collect specific data for ChildONEurope ? –Aggregated or disaggregated ? –What about the protection of private life and the professional secret ?

13. To conclude 1st choice : survey or analysis of administrative data ? –If analysis of administrative data, before creating a new system, what is there in every country (or region) ?

14. To conclude A tremendous job  why do we want data ? –to improve the well being of children. –So, maltreatment as a variable among other variables.