| NCJ Number: |
155727  |
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| Title: |
Developing Justice Statistics Mechanisms: Purposes and Functional Requirements |
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| Corporate Author: |
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
Canada |
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| Project Director: |
S de Silva |
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| Date Published: |
Unknown |
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| Page Count: |
5 |
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| Sponsoring Agency: |
Canadian Centre for Justice Statistics
Ottawa, Ontario K1A 0T6, Canada
United Nations
A-1400 Vienna, Austria |
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| Sale Source: |
United Nations
Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice Branch, at Vienna
P.O. Box 500
A-1400 Vienna,
Austria |
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| Type: |
Survey |
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| Language: |
English |
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| Country: |
Canada |
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| Annotation: |
This paper outlines the rationale for collecting national criminal justice statistics. |
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| Abstract: |
The most important purpose of criminal justice information is public accountability. Accurate statistics are essential in the management of a criminal justice system for several reasons: citizens want to know how much crime there is in a country and why the government takes certain crime prevention measures; the delivery of criminal justice is expensive; statistics offer insight into national crime indicators; statistics help in the evaluation of the effectiveness and fairness of the criminal justice system; statistics give the public information on how the justice system is applied on a national basis; and statistics allow international comparisons to be made. Functional requirements of a system of criminal justice information, which are described here, include a management process, a process to obtain and maintain commitment of stakeholders, political neutrality and respect for privacy and confidentiality, technical and subject matter resources, and clear articulation of scope and content. |
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| Main Term(s): |
Statistics |
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| Index Term(s): |
Criminal justice statistics; Criminology; Statistical analysis |
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| Note: |
Ninth United Nations Congress on the Prevention of Crime and the Treatment of Offenders; Cairo, Egypt |
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To cite this abstract, use the following link:
http://www.ncjrs.gov/App/publications/abstract.aspx?ID=155727 |
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