Atlas of VS + Online resources on VS

United Nations Office

on Drugs and Crime

29 June 2017

Pattaya, Thailand

What is the

Center of Excellence (CoE)?

Joint project between:

• INEGI –UNODC Cooperation Agreement (December

2010)

• Focus:

To establish a partnership for technical cooperation

between INEGI and UNODC for the development of

Statistical Information on Government, Victimization,

Public Security and Justice.

• The Center is located at INEGI’s premises at Mexico City

• Inaugurated on May 16, 2011

Objectives

To enhance the capacity of the countries in the region to:

I. Develop data collection instruments to gather information on

government, victimization, public safety and justice

II. Undertake research and analysis on crime and victimization

trends using statistical data generated within the respective

fields.

III. Improve data quantity and quality (surveys and administrative

records).

IV. Disseminate knowledge and exchange data through the release

of publications

V. Improve the institutional frameworks of statistical processes

related to the generation and analysis of crime-related data.

Current main activities

• Manual on Victimization Surveys in Business

• Coordination of the ICCS testing in the Latin America region

• Developing methodological research on surveys and

emerging issues (crime prevention, governance, measuring

corruption)

• Preparing the 4th International Conference on Governance,

Crime and Justice Statistics (June 2018, Lima, Perú)

• And the ongoing Victimization Lab…

CoE’s Victimization LabThe VicLab is a space for experts and researchers to

observe, study, analyze, practice, discuss and test

methodologies, questionnaires, samples and

existing models to measure victimization levels.

It aims to achieve two main objectives:

– Serve as a place to facilitate the generation of new

knowledge on victimization surveys.

– Serve as a repository of already collected data

available for analysis.

1. Atlas of victimization surveys

2. VicLab digital library (more than 270 academic

articles / more than 247 authors)

3. The Latin American and the Caribbean Crime

Victimization Survey Initiative (LACSI Initiative)

4. Training on victimization surveys ( 17 on site / 6 online, 799

participants, 24 countries and 7 International Organisms)

5. VicLab talks (11 published, 3 more “in the oven”)

6. VicLab scholars (directory of experts)

7. Experimental methods and design in victimization surveys

Victimization Lab

http://www.cdeunodc.inegi.org.mx/

Atlas of Victimization Suveys

http://www.cdeunodc.inegi.org.mx/index.php/mapa/

Latin America and the Caribbean

Crime Victimization Survey Initiative

LACSI Initiative

2005

UNODC

UNECE

EUROSTAT

HEUNI

Australia

United Kingdom

USA

Canada

Italy

The Netherlands

Poland

2010

LACSI Initiative: Background

UN Statistical

Commission

(UNSC)

UN Commission

on Crime

Prevention and

Criminal Justice

(CCPCJ)

Roadmap to improve the quality and availability of crime statistics at the

national and international levels (E/CN.3/2013/11)

How to improve crime statistics?

LACSI Initiative: Background (cont.)

New standards

and methodology

Capacity building Data collection

and analysis

Oct 2013 Mexico City

REGIONAL MEETING ON VS

(Inventory of VS in Latin America)

Responds to the disparity of instruments and methodologies

used in the region

WORKING GROUP

“Latin America and the CaribbeanCrime Victimization Survey Initiative”

LACSI Initiative: Background (cont.)

Led by:

United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC)

Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime,

Victimization and Justice (CoE)

With the support of:

Inter-American Development Bank (IDB)

United Nations Development Program (UNDP)

Organization of American States (OAS)

Active participation of 11 countries in the region:

Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala,

Mexico, Panama, Peru, Dominican Republic

Working Group LACSI Initiative:

Five technical meetings in the last 3 years:

1. Cali, Colombia 2014

2. Mexico City, 2014

3. Panama, 2015

4. Mexico City, 2015

5. Merida City, 2016

6. Mexico City, July 2017

LACSI Initiative Working Group:

In correspondence with theInternational Crime Classification forStatistical Purposes (ICCS)

Generates data to report SDG 16 “Peace, Justice and StrongInstitutions”

LACSI Initiative: Methodology

Indicator Name

16.1.3 Proportion of population subjected to physical, psychological (or sexual)

violence in the previous 12 months (Prevalence and Incidence rates)

16.1.4Proportion of population that feel safe walking alone around the area they live

(Fear of crime)

16.3.1

Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their

victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict

resolution mechanisms (Dark figure of crime)

16.5.1

Proportion of persons who had at least one contact with a public official and who

paid a bribe to a public official, or were asked for a bribe by those public officials,

during the previous 12 months (Bribery)

LACSI Initiative: SDG Indicators

Core questionnaire

(11 crimes)

Annex questionnaire

(7 crimes)

LACSI Initiative: Questionnaire structure

LACSI Initiative: Crimes measured

Nuclear questionnaire Annex questionnaire

1. Car theft 1. Theft from vehicles

2. Auto part theft 2. Bicycle theft

3. Motorcycle theft 3. Vandalism

4. Burglary 4. Homicide

5. Robbery 5. Kidnapping

6. Theft of personal property 6. Firearm ownership

7. Bank fraud 7. Bribery

8. Other fraud

9. Physical assault

10. Threats

11. Extorsion

LACSI documents available at CoE’s webpage:

• Conceptual Framework

• Core questionnaire

• Annex questionnaire

• Crime modules

• Draft interviewer's manual

http://www.cdeunodc.inegi.org.mx/

Docuements available at

UNODC’s webpage

Methodology & Standards:

• International Classification of Crimes for Statistical

Purposes (ICCS) (2015)

• Manual on Victimization Surveys (2010)

• Manual for the Development of a System of Criminal

Justice Statistics (2003)

• Standards for criminal justice statistics systems

http://www.unodc.org/unodc/en/data-and-

analysis/index.html?ref=menuside

michael.jandl@unodc.org luisa.sanchez@unodc.org http://www.unodc.org/ http://www.cdeunodc.inegi.org.mx

UNODC United Nations Office for Drugs and Crime Centro de Excelencia (UNODC-INEGI)

@UNODC @Cde_UNODC

CdE UNODC-INEGI

Thank you!

Questions?