NCJ Number
232441
Journal
Forum on Crime and Society Volume: 7 Dated: 2008 Pages: 1-123
Editor(s)
Sandeep Chawla
Date Published
2008
Length
123 pages
Annotation
This special issue of "Forum: Collecting Crime Data: Indicators and Measurement" presents approaches for improving the collection, reporting, and analysis of crime and criminal justice statistics at the international level.
Abstract
"Measuring Trafficking in Persons" examines various methodologies used to measure the extent of trafficking in persons; it advocates the identification of multiple indicators of the various aspects of the crime and the use of such multiple indicators in comparative studies. "Measuring Smuggling of Migrant" refers to the conceptual and legal differences between smuggling of migrants and trafficking in persons, arguing that the particular trajectory of the smuggling of migrants involves the crossing of national borders, in contrast to the processes involved in trafficking in persons, which do not necessarily have such specific destinations; this calls for distinctive methodologies in measurement and estimation. "Research on Trafficking in Persons: Gaps and Limitations in Crime and Criminal justice Data" addresses some of the major problems in compiling and interpreting criminal justice statistics on trafficking in persons. "Juvenile Justice Indicators" examines the difficulties in applying common definitions and measurements across a wide range of institutional responses to juvenile offending and the diverse set of actors involved. "The Measurement of Corruption" presents an overview of the state of the art of measuring corruption, a type of crime that is particularly difficult to gauge. "International Crime Statistics: Why They Are Needed, How They Should Be Improved and What Has Been Done So Far" examines the status of international data-collection on crime and criminal justice and provides recent examples of initiatives and programs for improving cross-national data collections at the European and Global Levels. "Towards an International Crime Classification System" presents ongoing work at the international level intended to improve the consistency and international comparability of crime statistics through the development of an international crime classification system. Article figures and references