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UNECE-UNODC Programme on Victimization Surveys

UNECE-UNODC Programme on Victimization Surveys. Angela Me UNECE Statistics Division. Inventory of victimization surveys. Questionnaire sent to 61 countries 18 countries did not reply (29%) 11 countries have no victim surveys (18%) 32 countries return the questionnaire (53%)

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UNECE-UNODC Programme on Victimization Surveys

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  1. UNECE-UNODC Programme on Victimization Surveys Angela Me UNECE Statistics Division

  2. Inventory of victimization surveys Questionnaire sent to 61 countries 18 countries did not reply (29%) 11 countries have no victim surveys (18%) 32 countries return the questionnaire (53%) Information collected for 78 surveys Still waiting for follow-up from Croatia and Latvia Austria, Cyprus, Greece, and Slovakia replied that no surveys have been carried out UNECE Statistical Division

  3. Inventory of victimization surveys Reached a broad range of institutions Not only National statistical offices UNECE Statistical Division

  4. Inventory of victimization surveys Information collected on • General: type of survey, objectives, institutions • Coverage: population, interviewers • Methodology: sample design and size, reference periods, telescoping effect, mode of data collection, non-response • Content: types of crimes and definitions, attitudes, fear, security systems • Dissemination: modes and percentages UNECE Statistical Division

  5. Inventory of victimization surveys UNECE Statistical Division

  6. ECE-UNODC Task Force on Victimization Surveys Objectives • to survey the countries that have undertaken victimization surveys or are planning such surveys and to collect the methods used; • to analyse the communalities and differences of methods used in countries and the ICVS and to identify areas where it would be useful to recommend standards and common definitions; • to share experiences in the testing of methodologies and, if necessary, to launch the testing of new methods; • to develop methodological guidelines UNECE Statistical Division

  7. ECE-UNODC Task Force on Victimization Surveys Membership • Australia, Canada, Hungary, Italy, Poland, the United Kingdom, United States, HEUNI, UNECE and UNODC UNECE Statistical Division

  8. Recent ECE-UNODC Meeting on Victimization Surveys Conclusions • There is an extensive experience in developing National Victim surveys • ICVS does not intend to replace national victim surveys which have larger scope and sample sizes • It is not always possible to determine the best methods of collecting victimization data • There is the need to provide disaggregated data on victimization which require large sample sizes UNECE Statistical Division

  9. Conducting of further analysis of the information collected by UNECE and UNODC on national victimization surveys March-May 2006 Preparation of draft annotated outline of the Manual on victimization surveys April 2006 Feedback from countries on the draft annotated outline of the Manual May 2006 Finalization of the annotated outline of the Manual on victimization surveys June 2006 Meeting of the Task Force to review the contributions to the Manual November 2006 Finalization of the first draft of the Manual April 2007 Joint UNECE-UNODC Meeting October 2007 ECE-UNODC Task Force on Victimization Surveys UNECE Statistical Division

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