European Institute for Gender Equality
European Institute for Gender Equality

Criminal Proceedings with known Author, concluded or pending before the Public Prosecutor's

Types of GBV

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

Sexual assault and rape are part of a unique code. Intimate partner violence is expressed in terms of abuse within the family

Used as indicator

No

Data available on

Victim

Background information

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

Relationship with perpetrator

Perpetrator

Background information

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

Incident

Incident

Other content: 

Data on offenders and on victims (sex, age and nationality), but data on victims are not accurate not reliable as public prosecutor’s office describe the injured party that not always correspond to the victim. These data for the moment are not usable.

Criminal statistics on sexual violence

Criminal statistical data included

Yes
Additional information: 

Sexual violence and abuse within the family (maltrattamenti in famiglia).

Characteristics

Reference period

Quaterly
Additional information: 

Data arrive on a paper register quarterly with a very long delay. Data describe proceedings for which the penal action has initiated or has been closed.

Frequency of updating

Quarterly

Validation

Yes
Additional information: 

Data arrive on a paper register and have to be elaborated, cleaned and interpreted. It is very difficult to use them as they are collected for administrative reasons and not to produce statistics. They require a very relevant cleaning process.

Compilation

Paper data are treated, interpreted an then integrated in a table

Quality assurance process

Brief description: 

The migration process from paper to digital records is ongoing

Accuracy

No information available

Reliability

Limitations. Data arrive on a paper register and have to be elaborated, cleaned and interpreted. It is very difficult to use them as they are collected for administrative reasons and not to produce statistics. They require a very relevant cleaning process. Existing data include data both on offenders and on victims (sex, age and nationality), but data on victims are not accurate not reliable as public prosecutor’s office describe the injured party that not always correspond to the victim. These data for the moment are not usable

Timeliness

Limitations. Data describe proceedings for which the penal action has initiated or has been closed: this means that data describe old phenomena due to the lengths of penal actions in Italy

Comparability

  • Geographical
  • Over time
  • None

Over time. Data are not comparable over time as there has been a wide modification in the methodology of investigation on reported crimes for which the penal action has been initiated. In addition, since 2006 some public prosecutors's offices have started a migration process between different information systems, with a consequent impact on the data.

Current developments

A part from the conclusion of the migration process of raw data from paper form to digital form, the expectation is that these data will feed police data base house Another expected development is the possibility to use data on victims

External link

No

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Metadata

Organisation: 
National Statistical Office (ISTAT)
Type of organisation: 
NSO
Sector:
Justice
Latest update: 
2010