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Measuring Violence Against Children: The Italian Experience. Insights from the Dora Project
Fri, September 5, 2:00 to 3:15pm, Deree | Arts Center Building, Arts Center Deree 003Abstract
Preventing and combating Violence Against Children (VAC) is on the top of the agenda of policy-driven and research institutions at the European and International level and the need for sound and comparable data is thus increasing. However, data currently available to monitor VAC consider different definitions and often rely on sources not specifically designed to this scope. Therefore, these data do not provide sufficient and comparable information on the scale of violence and its characteristics, hampering a full and integrated understanding of the phenomenon.
To fill these gaps, Istat - in collaboration with other research partners – in 2024 has carried out the project DORA “Data integratiOn for acknowledging Risks And protecting Children from Violence”, which was co-funded by the European Union’s CERV Programme.
Focusing on the Italian case, the objectives of the project are: to define a new framework for measuring violence against children; to identify and systematize all currently available sources while assessing their strengths and weaknesses; to enhance the understanding of the phenomenon by advancing data analysis and statistical collection methodologies, to identify existing information gaps in the field. Furthermore, the project aims to identify methodological suggestions to produce high-quality, reliable, and easily accessible data. To do so, Istat adopted a mixed methodology using quantitative and qualitative methods with focus groups and qualitative interviews with NGOs, stakeholders, and experts in the field. Moreover, literature and existing quantitative researches were analyzed, including an overview of the available data in the EU, based on administrative sources as well as survey data.
The aim of this paper is thus to present the methodological approach adopted by ISTAT within the DORA project and its key findings, with particular emphasis on the role of a National Statistical Office (NSO) in developing a comprehensive statistical framework on VAC.