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Review- Presentations on crime

This review discusses definitions of crime, different types of criminality, data sources, victimization surveys, special topics, and dissemination recommendations. It highlights the need for standard classification and guidelines in reporting crime statistics and data collection.

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Review- Presentations on crime

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  1. Review-Presentations on crime Sonia Jackson Jamaica

  2. Definitions • Definitions from the Concise Oxford : • Criminal is “a person who has committed a crime” • Crime is “an offence punishable by law”

  3. Italy 3 types Real Criminality – the whole crime set in a specific place & time; wether reported or not Reported Criminality – those incidents that have been reported & recorded Hidden Criminality – events that occur but not reported Ireland The information provided by the police and the criminal justice system Concept - Criminality • Jamaica • The reports focus on the crimes that are reported and taken through the various systems. • There are concerns about crimes that are not reported. • The concept of innocent until proven guilty applies in all cases.

  4. Data sources

  5. Quality Assurance

  6. Classification

  7. Victimisation surveys • Victimization Surveys (VS) are used to: • Validate crime data • Test incidence and prevalence • Subjective indicators such as fear • Analyse reporting behaviour • VS have been used by both Italy & Ireland; Jamaica did its first survey in 2006.

  8. Special topics • Italy – violence against women • Ireland – none indicated • Jamaica – growing concerns • Link between different types of crimes – e.g. illegal drugs and illegal import of ammunitions – gang warfare • The correlation between “deportees” with criminal records and the increase in crime in some communities • Corruption/extortion

  9. Dissemination

  10. Recommendations • There needs to be a standard classification for reporting crime statistics at the international level; • Information on crime needs to differentiate between “reporting” and “conviction”; • Guidelines need to be developed for the collection and analysis of crime data – these are to be developed in conjunction with the police, the CSO, the representatives of the justice and the penal systems and any other major stakeholder; • Data collection on the perpetrators should include information on family history as well as some data on the community; • Targets and strategies for intervention at the national level need to be established (similar to the MDGs and poverty reduction) • Guidelines need to be developed for the conduct and analysis of victimization surveys – like other household; and • Country specific problems require special studies and the methodology outlined in the paper by Italy is recommended.

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