Paul Smit DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL

Paul Smit DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS PHASE 3 – STATISTICAL TRAINING Croatia, 17 th – 18 th January 2011 With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009 -2011

SESSION 1 • Introductions • Where this training fits into the CARDS Project • How the sessions are organised

Paul Smit • Hewlett Packard – Software design • Statistics Netherlands – Criminal Justice Statistics (Court and Prosecution Statistics) • Ministry of Justice, the Netherlands – Police, Prosecution and Court Statistics – Criminal Justice research (Homicides) • University teacher in Computing • International comparative work in Europe. With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009 -2011

Paul Smit – some recent work • Prosecution, Goettingen University study on differnt prosecution models (2006 -2008) • International comparison of detection rates (2005) • European Sourcebook on Crime and Justice Statistics, 1997 -2010 • Consultant (evaluator) UNODC Data for Africa (2009 – 2010) • ICVS multi mode test (2008 – 2010) • Sourcebook of European Homicide Research • National representative for Eurostat

MY PURPOSES FOR THIS WEEK 1. To understand the needs of participants 2. To being to share my 20+ years experience of crime and justice statistics 3. To open an e-mail link for any who wish to keep in contact (p. r. smit@minjus. nl prsmit@pipe. nl ) With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009 -2011

INTRODUCTIONS FROM PARTICIPANTS • Please give name, organisation, position and what you would like to gain from the training this week. • Plus any other information that you think could be useful to the others here. • Please comment on the proposed agenda of the week if you wish With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009 -2011

LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS WORK • Essential for every country to have good basic data on police, prosecution, corrections, courts, migration, victims • Essential for good co-ordination of data – Across different areas of law enforcement – Across the country as a whole • Involve central statistics agencies • Good knowledge on Data handling, Statistics and thorough understanding of the CJ field With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009 -2011

LESSONS LEARNED FROM PREVIOUS WORK (cont. ) • Need for good central guidelines • Need to publish statistics routinely • Need to use statistics for policy and operations, but there is a difference between statistics and accounting • Carry out research to get more information as to what the statistics actually mean • Important to get independence from politicians • Achieving all this takes a good deal of time and you should think about a 5 or 10 year plan With funding from the European Union DEVELOPMENT OF MONITORING INSTRUMENTS FOR JUDICIAL AND LAW ENFORCEMENT INSTITUTIONS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009 -2011

STRENGTHENING JUSTICE & HOME AFFAIRS STATISTICS IN THE WESTERN BALKANS 2009 -2011 • Objective: to strengthen response to crime and corruption by bringing national statistics justice and home affairs towards compliance with international standards and EU acquis • Project funded by the EU under the CARDS programme with additional funds from Germany • Three Phases • Many common features with UNODC, World Bank Statistical work in Africa and Middle East 7 countries / territories Albania, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Croatia, FYROM, Kosovo (under UNSCR 1244), Montenegro, Serbia

THE THREE PHASES: PHASE 1 (RESEARCH) • Set out relevant international standards and EU acquis • Picture of the strengths & weaknesses of data collection systems • Identify gaps and needs of statistical systems It involved: Ø Desktop research Ø 7 research missions One output: Ø Technical Assessment Reports for 7 countries / territories

PHASE 2: GUIDELINES • To identify common data collection challenges • To discuss and adopt specific draft programme guidelines • To agree a set of regional indicators • To prioritise training needs and adopt outlines of training programmes It involved: o Preparation of draft Programme Guidelines o Feedback from project countries / territories o Discussion and adoption at First Regional Workshop One output: o Programme Guidelines adopted

PHASE 3: TRAINING • To design and deliver targeted training activities • To improve national capacities to record and report JHA statistics in line with international standards and EU acquis • To identify areas for further work and improvements It involves: o Training to be carried out by international experts together with national focal points and national counterparts o Training delivered to police, prosecution, courts, and institutions in areas of migration / asylum / visa

FIRST REGIONAL WORKSHOP (SKOPJE, MAY 2010) Goals • To present the technical assessment reports • To identify common data collection challenges • To adopt specific draft guidelines • To prioritise training needs • To adopt the outlines of the training program • To agree on a set of regional indicators

CHALLENGES OF THE CCJ STATISTICAL SYSTEM IN THE WESTERN BALKANS • Developing person-based systems • Developing better computerized systems to record data • Assigning a unique Integrated File Number (IFN) to personrecords to track persons across the whole CCJ system • Clear written counting rules to record crime incidents • Better co-ordination of statistics across countries and across agencies of law enforcement • Training all responsible staff with regard to implementation • Enhancing statistical analysis and use of the data collected • Improving public dissemination of the data collected I WILL DEAL WITH SOME BUT NOT ALL OF THESE ISSUES

RECOMMENDATIONS FROM THE PROGRAMME GUIDELINES # 17 Existing person records at the level of the municipal, county and Supreme courts should be reviewed in order to determine how relevant data on the offender – victim relationship can be recorded. Session 8 # 20 The process of supply of paper forms from county courts to the Ministry of Justice and from first instance courts to CBS should be reviewed. The feasibility of replacing the paper procedure with an effective data transfer by electronic data files ( pending full introduction of the Integrated Court Management System (ICMS)) should be examined. Session 7 # 21 In the medium to longer term, the attainment of sustainable funding Session 6 to the Integrated Court Management System (ICMS) should be prioritized. # 22 In the longer term, ICMS should be extended to other criminal justice actors, including offices of the prosecutor and, by using the same unique identifier, enabling the linking of person records across the criminal justice system. Session 6