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Database of Data on Domestic Violence (No official name)

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Administrative data source
Country: Czechia
Topics:
Violence
Types of GBV:
Intimate Partner Violence
The data was collected in 2013 and may not accurately represent the present situation. The examples from the United Kingdom were published before the country's withdrawal from the European Union on 31 January 2020.

Types of GBV

  • Intimate Partner Violence
  • Rape
  • Sexual Assault (excl. rape)
  • Sexual Harassment
  • Stalking

Purpose of data collection

  • Monitoring
  • Inform/evaluate policy
  • Plan capacity
  • Accountability
Other purpose: 

Learning and research.

Data available on

Victim

Background information

  • Age
  • Sex
  • Nationality
  • ID
  • Name
  • Ethnicity
  • Marital status
  • Dependants
Other: 

Social status of the victim (student, employee, self-employed, on paternity leave, unemployed, full disability pension, partial disability pension, old-age pension, unidentifiable); type of domestic violence (psychical, physical, sexual, economic, social, restraining personal freedom, more types simultaneously); number of clients who used help before contacting the member organization (help-line/crisis centre, doctor, police, consulting service for family/marriage/interpersonal relationships, consulting service for victims of domestic violence, social workers, shelter, intervention centre, family and friends)

Relationship with perpetrator

Yes
Type of relationship: 

Husband/wife; divorced husband/wife; partner; relatives in direct descent (ancestors and descendants); other close person, specify who; unidentifiable

Repeatedly suffering from GBV

No

Characteristics

Storage System

  • In paper form
  • Electronically (single files)
  • Electronically (database)
Other: 

Held by the head of KOORDONA.

Frequency of updating

Annually

Quality assurance process

No systematic activities are implemented to assure the quality of the data collection.

Comparability

  • Geographical
  • Over time
  • None

Comparability is problematic because there is a lack of definitions and shared understanding. For example, every organization has different idea about what is a consultation.

Timeliness

No information available

Current developments

No plans.

Relation with third parties

Reported to third parties
Yes
Name of organisation: 
On ad hoc basis.
Used by third parties: 
Yes (partly)
Additional information: 

The informant does not dare to assess this, but third parties do use the data (e.g. WAVE). Also, the Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs uses the data in reports on implementation of the National Action Plan for Preventing Domestic Violence.

Reporter

  • Victim
  • Witness
  • Offender
Other: 

Data collection by KOORDONA, it is a provider of the service. Reporting incidents to member organizations, incidents are reported originally by victims (most of them), by witnesses an even by offenders.

There are no rules set down por reporting to third parties, no established procedure. However, each organization is very careful with respect to privacy and protection of individual persons.

Website

Link to website

Metadata

Organisation: 
Coalition Against Domestic Violence (KOORDONA)
Sector:
Social protection
Geographical area: 
National
Geographical area remarks: 

Depends on the location of member organizations