NCJ Number
236772
Date Published
January 2011
Length
24 pages
Annotation
This report from the United Nations Economic and Social Council provides preliminary results from the 12th United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems.
Abstract
Highlights from this report on the 12th United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems include: for countries with long-term trend data, police-recorded levels of property crime and violent crime decreased in 2008 and 2009, while drug-related crime continued to increase in 2008; the economic and financial crisis of 2008-2009 had an impact on both property and violent crime levels in a number of different countries; while countries in Europe and Asia had homicide rates that were generally stable or decreasing, seven countries in Central America and four countries in the Caribbean saw increases in intentional homicide rates between 2007 and 2009, and 2000 and 2009, respectively; and over the past decade, there has been a shift in the distribution routes used for cocaine trafficking, from routes leading through the Caribbean to those leading through Central America. This report from the United Nations Economic and Social Council presents preliminary results from the 12th United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems. The survey examines current world crime trends and the current state of crime and criminal justice. Recommendations to improve the collection and reporting of data by Member States are discussed. Figures