NCJ Number
238844
Date Published
February 2012
Length
32 pages
Annotation
This document from the U.N. Economic and Social Council's Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice provides preliminary results from the U.N. Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems for the year 2010.
Abstract
Highlights from the U.N. Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems for 2010 include the following: on average, the level of property-related crime has slowly decreased while drug-related crime has continually increased; levels of intentional homicide, rape, and robbery were close to those recorded 15 years earlier; the highest intentional homicide rates were found in Africa (17.4 per 100,000) and the Americas (15.5 per 100,000), while rates in Oceania, Europe, and Asia were considerably lower; and since 1995, homicide rates have decreased in the vast majority of European countries. This report from the U.N. Economic and Social Council's Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice provides preliminary results of the U.N.'s 2010 Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems. The report includes data on recent trends in intentional homicide, factors associated with homicide trends and patterns, regional trends in other forms of crime, criminal justice response, and violence against migrants, migrant workers, and their families. The report also includes an overview of some of the methodological challenges faced by U.N. workers in obtaining crime and criminal justice data and improving their quality. 25 figures