International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS)

International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS)

/ The International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes (ICCS) is a classification structure of criminal offences. On the basis of internationally agreed concepts and principles, the ICCS consists of a framework to assign criminal offences to hierarchical categories that have a certain degree of similarity in relation to conceptual, analytical and policy areas. The purpose of the ICCS is to enhance consistency and international comparability of crime statistics and improve analytical capabilities at both the national and international levels.
International classification of crimes for statistical purposes. Principles – Structure – Application. Draft Report for consultation. UNODC August 2014

Mandates

Terms of Reference of UNODC-UNECE Task Force on Crime Classification, Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe, Conference of European Statisticians,ECE/CES/BUR/2009/OCT/12, 16 October 2009

Report of the Conference of European Statisticians. Sixtieth plenary session, Paris, 6-8 June 2012

United Nations Economic and Social Council. Statistical Commission. Report of the forty-third session (28 February - 2 March 2012).

United Nations Economic and Social Council. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Report of the twenty - first session (13 December 2011 and 23-27 April 2012).

Resolution 2012/18 adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 6 September 2012. Improving the quality and availability of statistics on crime and criminal justice for policy development, E/RES/2012/18

United Nations Economic and Social Council. Statistical Commission. Report of the forty-third session (26 February-1 March 2013).E/2013/24. E/CN.3/2013/33

United Nations Economic and Social Council. Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice. Report of the twenty - second session (7 December 2012 and 22-26 April 2013. E/2013/30. E/CN.15/2013/27.

Resolution 2013/37adopted by the Economic and Social Council on 25 July 2013. Improving the quality and availability of statistics on crime and criminal justice for policy development, E/RES/2013/37

Reports

Report of the UNODC/UNECE Task Force on Crime Classification to the Conference of European Statisticians, September 2011

Principles and framework for an international classification of crimes for statistical purposes - Note by the Task Force on Crime Classification (English, French, Russian), Economic Commission for Europe, Conference of European Statisticians, 60th plenary session, 6-8 June 2012

Report of the National Institute of Statistics and Geography of Mexico and the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime on a road map to improve the quality and availability of crime statistics at the national and international levels, Note by the Secretary-General, Statistical Commission, Forty-fourth session, 26 February-1 March 2013, E/CN.3/2013/11

Report of the Secretary-General on improving the quality and availability of statistics on crime and criminal justice for policy development.Commission on Crime Prevention and Criminal Justice, Twenty-third session, Vienna, 12-16 May 2014, E/CN.15/2014/10

International classification of crimes for statistical purposes. Principles – Structure – Application. Draft Report for consultation. UNODC August 2014

Background documents

UNODC/UNECE TASK FORCEON CRIME CLASSIFICATION: PROGRESS REPORT, Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe, Conference of European Statisticians, ECE/CES/BUR/2011/NOV/8, 12 October 2011

UNODC/UNECE TASK FORCE ON CRIME CLASSIFICATION: Revised TOR, Statistical Commission and Economic Commission for Europe, Conference of European Statisticians, ECE/CES/BUR/2011/NOV/8/Add.2 , 12 October 2011

Report on the first Consultation meeting on the International Crime Classification Framework, Mexico City, October 17th-19th, 2012 (English, Spanish)

Report on the second Consultation meeting on the International Crime Classification, Vienna, February 2013

Report on the third consultation meeting on the International Classification of Crime for Statistical Purposes, Vienna, May 2014

International classification of crimes for statistical purposes. ICCS Testing - Analysis of responses. UNODC August 2014

International classification of crimes for statistical purposes. Results of the Homicide Questionnaire Testing. UNODC May 2014

International classification of crimes for statistical purposes. Accessibility of crime and criminal justice data. UNODC May 2014