Justice and crime statistics coordination and comparability Frits Huls Statistics Netherlands Conference of European statisticians, 13-15 June 2006 Paris.
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Justice and crime statistics coordination and comparability Frits Huls Statistics Netherlands Conference of European statisticians, 13-15 June 2006 Paris Issues and problems -Victim crime surveys - national crime surveys - international crime surveys - Traditional crime statistics - information from different organizations - different penal laws - different criminal law (justice) systems - up to date overview of coordination - UNECE/UNODC activities - Eurostat taskforce Conference of European statisticians, 13-15 June 2006 Paris Methodological problems IVCS – gap between countries - methodological problems - content of the questionnaire Administrative data (registers) - definition of crimes - how and when recorded - quality of the data New types of crimes - political relevant but not statistically - how to operationalize Conference of European statisticians, 13-15 June 2006 Paris Alternatives What is the goal of comparability? Criminality is a social fenomenon, therefor integrated in social statistics What are the costs for criminality expressed in % of countriess GNP Statistics Netherlands is developing - safety accounts - safety satellite in the social statistical database Conference of European statisticians, 13-15 June 2006 Paris