Improving the Quality and Availability of Statistics on Crime and Criminal Justice for Policy Development

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A Resolution of the Economic and Social Council, under agenda item 14cCrime prevention and criminal justice, published in 2012.

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3 versions · 2012–2015

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3 topics

Criminal Justice Criminal Statistics Mexico

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Welcomes the deliberations of the Statistical Commission at its forty-third session, held from 28 February to 2 March 2012, and the request made by the Commission to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico to prepare a joint report, to be considered by the Commission at its forty-fourth session, which should include:

A road map of the steps needed to develop statistics on crime;

An assessment of the feasibility of developing an international classification of crimes for statistical purposes;

The way in which the Statistical Commission and the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice could cooperate with regard to the development of statistics on crime;Error: Reference source not found

Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to make available to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its twenty-second session the report to be prepared by the Office in cooperation with the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico for consideration by the Statistical Commission at its forty-fourth session;

Invites Member States to provide the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime with relevant information that could be taken into consideration in the preparation of the aforementioned report;

Also invites Member States to encourage productive dialogue among national authorities responsible for the collection, processing and dissemination of statistics on crime and criminal justice, including national statistical offices, so as to enhance coordination at the national level and to ensure the use of common standards;

Invites Member States that have not yet done so to appoint a national focal point for the submission of data on crime and criminal justice to the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, through the United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, in order to support the Office in ensuring that the national data disseminated are consistent over time and meet the highest standards of quality;

Welcomes the establishment of the Centre of Excellence for Statistical Information on Governance, Victimization, Public Security and Justice, developed jointly by the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime and the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico, and encourages both bodies to support countries, through the Centre and upon request, in improving their statistical information on crime and criminal justice;

Requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue developing technical and methodological tools to assist countries in producing and disseminating accurate and comparable statistics on crime and criminal justice, and to continue providing technical assistance, upon request, to Member States in order to enhance their capacity to collect, analyse and report data on crime and criminal justice;

Also requests the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime to continue its mandated activities to regularly collect and disseminate statistics on crime and criminal justice and to provide trend analyses and studies based on the information provided by Member States;

Requests the Secretary-General to report to the Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice at its twenty-third session on the implementation of the present resolution.

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