International Criminal Justice Data: Global Trends in Guidelines and Reform

Session Submission Type: Complete Thematic Panel

Abstract/Description

This panel will examine the global processes building on the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS). It will discuss developments at the multilateral level on the development of high-quality statistical data, which are aimed at providing advice to criminal justice agencies on the collection, production, and dissemination of high-quality statistical data, and which can assist them in performing and monitoring their core functions, thereby improving the measurement of access to justice and promoting the implementation of ICCS. Panelists will discuss: newly developed UNODC Global Guidelines for the Production of Statistical Data by Police, Prosecutors and Courts, and Corrections agencies; domestic U.S. approaches to criminal justice administrative data and statistics and how they align with global best practices; the context of U.S. support to international criminal justice reform; and the critical role criminal justice administrative data plays in ensuring evidence-based approaches.

Sub Unit

• Area IX. Comparative & Historical Perspectives: / 65. Cross-National Comparison of Crime & Justice

Individual Presentations

• Strengthening Administrative Data for Statistical Purposes in the Criminal Justice System - Martijn Kind, UNODC

• U.S. Support to International Criminal Justice Reform: Data-Informed and Evidence-Based - Leonid Lantsman, U.S. Department of State - Bureau of International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs

• Collecting Standardized Data in a Decentralized Criminal Justice System - Shelley Hyland, U.S. DOJ Bureau of Justice Statistics

Discussant

• Rob Guerette, Florida International University