Data on the Investigation Process of VAW Incidents (No official name)
Data available on
Perpetrator
Background information
- Age
- Sex
- Nationality
- ID
- Name
- Ethnicity
- Marital status
- Dependants
Name, date of birth; place of birth; ID number; family status (married, single, divorced etc.); education; social background (working class, intelligence etc.); occupation; nicknames/false names; the (alleged) offender is the prime focus of the Police data collection.
Relationship with victim
This means that it is recorded whether there exists a previous relationship between victim and offender (e.g. family, intimate partner) or not (stranger).
Re-offending
Witness
Background information
No information collected on Background information
Relationship with victim/perpetrator
Incident description by witness
Children witnessing IPV incident
Information not collected for the central database, but available in individual police units records.
Incident
Code system used
- Police
TSK Codes: 186 Maltreatment of a Person Living in a Jointly Occupied Dwelling; 202 Sexual Coercion; 211 Sexual Abuse in Dependence; 212 Sexual Abuse Other; 185 Abuse of an entrusted person; 201 Rape; 174 Dangerous Pursuit
Description of incident
- Date/time
- Harm/injuries
- Location
- Type of violence
Date and location of incident (code of the police authority where the incident happened), place of the incident (street, railway, highway, subway etc., use of weapon (type of weapon, consequence of the use), injuries.
Protection order
Data are not collected.
Civil justice data
Incident respond resources
No information collected on Incident respond resources
Prosecution process
Stages of prosecution process
- Withdrawals of complaints
- Withdrawals of prosecution support
- N. of cases reported for each incident
- N. of cases initiated for each type of incident
- N. of cases referred to court
- Types of offense(s)
Defendant pleas/verdicts
- Guilty pleas
- Guilty verdicts
Sentencing: legitimate ruling (absolute discharge/dismissal, suspended sentence, admonition, community service order, compensation, fine, prison).
Average time case through criminal justice system
Outcomes
Perpetrator
N. of cases resulting in arrest
Charged with more than one offense
List of offenses
Up to three offenses per an offender.
Prisons
Sentencing - whether the sentence includes an imprisonment.
Other
Sentencing: legitimate ruling (absolute discharge/dismissal, suspended sentence, admonition, community service order, compensation, fine, prison).
Victim
Death as result of incident
Characteristics
Storage System
- In paper form
- Electronically (single files)
- Electronically (database)
Evidence Statistical System of Criminality, central database of the Police.
Frequency of updating
Quality assurance process
A police authority has to fill up a statistical form within three days. A relevant regional office verifies the data; i.e. controls whether everything is filled as it should be. Then the data are sent to the central database.
Comparability
- Geographical
- Over time
- None
Timeliness
Timely
Data are provided in a timely fashion.
Current developments
No plans.
Relation with third parties
Only very limited number of data are used by third parties as described in question 36.
Reporter
- Victim
- Witness
- Offender
Police enters data in the Evidence Statistical System of Criminality, but they act on the report from the victim, witnesses or professional (doctor, social service employee etc.)