Survey on adults against whom the proceedings by crime report were terminated


Metadata
Period: Every three years
Year: 2021

REFERENCE METADATA
01. Contact
02. Metadata update
03. Statistical presentation
04. Unit of measure
05. Reference Period
06. Institutional Mandate
07. Confidentiality
08. Release policy
09. Frequency of dissemination
10. Accessibility and clarity
11. Quality management
12. Relevance
13. Accuracy and reliability
14. Timeliness and punctuality
15. Coherence and comparability
16. Cost and Burden
17. Data revision
18. Statistical processing
19. Comment

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01. ContactTop
01.1. Contact organisation

Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia (SORS)

01.2. Contact organisation unit

Group for Justice and Gender statistic

01.3. Contact name

Vesna Zajc and Dragana Nikolic

01.4. Contact person function

Head of the Judicial and Gender Statistics Group

Statistical Methodologist

01.5. Contact mail address

SORS, Belgrade, 5 Milana Rakića 

01.6. Contact email address

vesna.zajc@stat.gov.rs;

dragana.nikolic@stat.gov.rs

01.7. Contact phone number

+381112412922 ext  298

01.8. Contact fax number

-


02. Metadata updateTop
02.1. Metadata last certified
15/09/2022
02.2. Metadata last posted
16/12/2022
02.3. Metadata last update
30/11/2022

03. Statistical presentationTop
03.1. Data description

The survey aims to collect information about registered perpetrators of criminal offences, which are an important instrument for monitoring crime as a negative social phenomenon. Crime in terms of this survey involves the occurrence of an event from the moment of filing a crime report to the moment when proceedings are terminated by a finally binding court decision  by the relevant authority. The data collected in this survey provide information on perpetrator, criminal offence, procedural phases, type of decision, duration of detention and duration of proceedings.

The unit of observation is the adult perpetrator of the criminal offence. The term "adult perpetrator of criminal offence" means a perpetrator of a criminal offence who was 18 years old at the moment of criminal offence committal and who commited the criminal offence as: perpetrator, co-perpetrator, instigator or accessory.

 The statistical survey covers all perpetrators of criminal offences (including criminal offences committed by unknown perpetrators) against  whom a criminal charge has been submitted to the competent public prosecutor’s office, and against whom legal action has been taken and terminated.

The survey covers criminal legislation, taking into account all criminal provisions contained in laws. Also, they encompass the proceedings of all competent basic and higher public prosecutor’s offices, as well as basic and higher courts. The content of this survey is defined by the special characteristics for the first stage of the proceedings with the public prosecutor's offices as reporting units.

Reported perpetrator – perpetrator known is taken to be an adult perpetrator of criminal offence against whom the proceedings by crime report and preliminary proceedings have been terminated by a decision, by which: a charge has been rejected, investigation suspended or a charge sheet raised – summary charge sheet submitted. 

Reported perpetrator – perpetrator unknown is considered to be an unknown person – perpetrator of criminal offence against whom a crime report has been submitted to the public prosecutor’s office for a committed criminal offence, and the perpetrator has not been identified after a one-year period.

"Type of decision"  is taken to be the decision of the public prosecutor’s office by which the proceedings by crime report has been terminated.

 

 

03.2. Classification system

Classification of Criminal Offenses

03.3. Coverage - sector

The statistical survey covers all perpetrators of criminal offences  (including criminal offences committed by unknown perpetrators) against whom a charge has been submitted to the competent public prosecutor’s office, and against whom legal action has been taken and terminated.  

The survey covers criminal legislation, taking into account all criminal provisions contained in laws. The proceedings of all competent basic and higher public prosecutor’s offices, as well as basic and higher courts, are also encompassed. The content of this survey is defined by the special characteristics for the first stage of the proceedings with the public prosecutor's offices as reporting units.

 

03.4. Statistical concepts and definitions

"Criminal offence" is an act considered by law as a criminal offence, which is illegal and committed. An act is not considered criminal offence when illegality or guilt is excluded, even when there are all elements of the criminal offence specified by the law.” (Article 14 of the Criminal Law).

Reported perpetrator – perpetrator known is taken to be an adult perpetrator of criminal offence against whom the proceedings by crime report and preliminary proceedings have been terminated by a decision, by which: a charge has been rejected, investigation suspended or a charge sheet raised – summary charge sheet submitted.

Reported perpetrator – perpetrator unknown is considered to be an unknown person – perpetrator of criminal offence against whom a crime report has been submitted to the public prosecutor’s office for a committed criminal offence, and the perpetrator has not been identified after a one-year period.  .

"Type of decision"  is taken to be the decision of the public prosecutor’s office by which the proceedings by crime report has been terminated.

Data on personal characteristics of a perpetrator of criminal offence refer to personal characteristics that the perpetrator had at the moment of criminal offence committal. Data on criminal offence: name of the criminal offence, article, paragraph, point and connection with other criminal offences from the applicable criminal law are collected on the basis of the decision of the public prosecutor’s office, i.e. court as formulated in the enacting terms of the final decision, and are processed in detail. The names and types of public prosecutor’s offices are given as laid down in the Law on Public Prosecutor’s Offices.

03.5. Statistical unit

The survey aims to collect data on reported perpetrators of criminal offences from the moment of  filing a crime report to the moment of when the proceedings are terminated by a finally binding court decision by the relevant authorities.

The observation unit is the adult perpetrator.

The data collected in this survey provide information on the perpetrator, criminal offence, procedural phases, type of decision, duration of detention and duration of the proceedings

03.6. Statistical population

The statistical population is the adult perpetrators of the crime, who committed an offence as perpetrators, co-perpetrators,instigators or accessory.

03.7. Reference area

The data are published at the level of the Republic of Serbia (in total), at the level of the region, in the north of Serbia (which includes the Belgrade region and the Vojvodina region) and the region of South Serbia (which covers the region of Sumadija and Western Serbia and the Region of South and East Serbia).

Some data are published at the level of the primary and higher Public prosecutor offices.

Starting from 1999 the Statistical Office of the Republic of Serbia has no available data for AP Kosovo and Metohija, therefore these data are not included in the coverage for the Republic of Serbia (total).

 

 

 

03.8. Coverage - Time

Data are available on the SORS website since 2004, while data for previous years can be found in the Library of the Republic Statistical Office.

03.9. Base period
Not applicable.
 

04. Unit of measureTop
04. Unit of measure

Number of adults.


05. Reference PeriodTop
05. Reference Period

The calendar year.


06. Institutional MandateTop
06.1. Institutional Mandate - legal acts and other agreements

The survey is conducted on the basis of the Law on Official Statistics "Official Gazette of RS",No 104/09, 24/11 and the Regulation on determining individual statistical surveys for each year, as well as according to the Program of Official Statistics of the Republic of Serbia, which refers to the five-year period of conducting the survey.

06.2. Institutional Mandate - data sharing

The European Union statistics/Eurostat defines the theme "Crime and Criminal Justice" and thereby data collection for the common questionnaire of Eurostat and the UNODC.


07. Confidentiality Top
07.1. Confidentiality - policy
Confidential data is treated in accordance with the prescribed confidentiality principles.
Domestic Legislation: Law on Official Statistics.
Data obtained from the reporting units represent an official secret and may be used only for statistical purposes.
 

 

 

07.2. Confidentiality - data treatment

Confidential data are treated in accordance with the prescribed confidentiality principles. See Law on Official Statistics.

 


08. Release policyTop
08.1. Release calendar
Release Calendar is placed on the official website of the SORS at the end of the year for the following year.
  • The first results of the survey are published in the relevant statistical release, and the deadline is published in mid-July.
  • Data in the Bulletin are published at the end of December.

 

08.2. Release calendar access

The publication calendar is available on the official website of the SORS.

 

 

08.3. Release policy - user access
On the official website of the SORS, users can download statistical data on adult persons, or on the following link: Judiciary
 
 

 

 


09. Frequency of disseminationTop
09. Frequency of dissemination

The dynamics of dissemination is one-year. The first results of the survey are published in a shorter form-Statistical Release, and the deadline for their publication is in mid-July, while more detailed information is shown in the Bulletin and published at the end of December.


10. Accessibility and clarityTop
10.1. Dissemination format - News release

Not applicable.

10.2. Dissemination format - Publications
The data are published in regular publications such as Statistical Release, Bulletin, Statistical Yearbook, Statistical Calendar, as well as in other publications.

Statistical releases are an abbreviated form that presents data on adult perpetrators of criminal offences, while the Bulletins show more detailed data obtained from the survey on adult perpetrators.

 

10.3. Dissemination format - online database

On the SORS website, online databases are available first to find the dissemination database and to the Adult perpetrators of criminal offenses.

 

10.4. Dissemination format - microdata access

Macropods are not available.

10.5. Dissemination format - other
  • Statistical Yearbook of the Republic of Serbia
  • Statistical Calendar
  • Other publications ..
10.6. Documentation on methodology
Abbreviated research methodology can be found on links:
 
 
 
 
 
 

 

 

10.7. Quality management - documentation
Not applicable.
 

11. Quality managementTop
11.1. Quality assurance

Quality management system

11.2. Quality management - assessment

Data on the reported adult person against whom proceedings were terminated by crime report are based on reliable data from relevant administrative sources. The degree of accuracy is high. Before publishing the results, logical quality control and verification of certain data are performed.


12. Relevance Top
12.1. User needs
In addition to the data published in the regular publications of the SORS, special processing is done at the request of the user.
 
 
12.2. User satisfaction
User satisfaction is measured based on the volume of data download from the official website of SORS as well as through the survey on user satisfaction. The results of this survey are available on the website of the SORS.
 
 

 

 

12.3. Completeness
The statistical surveys cover all perpetrators of criminal offences (including criminal offences committed by unknown perpetrators) against whom a charge has been submitted to the competent public prosecutor’s office, and against whom legal action has been taken and terminated. The survey covers criminal legislation, taking into account all criminal provisions contained in laws. Proceedings of all competent basic and higher public prosecutor’s offices, as well as basic and higher courts are also encompassed. The content of this survey is defined by the special characteristics for the first stage of the proceedings with the public prosecutor's offices as reporting units

13. Accuracy and reliabilityTop
13.1. Overall accuracy

The survey is conducted on the basis of data from administrative sources, which ensures a high level of coverage and quality of data.

13.2. Sampling error

Not applicable.

13.3. Non-sampling error

Not applicable.


14. Timeliness and punctualityTop
14.1. Timeliness
 
National level: 6 months for the process of creating, processing and publishing data.
 
For Eurostat: 1 month for delivery of all requested data (via UNCTS questionnaire)
14.2. Punctuality
 All data are published in accordance with the calendar of publishing.
 

 

 


15. Coherence and comparabilityTop
15.1. Comparability - geographical

Data on the criminality of adult persons entitled "Criminal Reports", obtained on the basis of statistical survey conducted through the form SK-1, are published at the level of the Republic of Serbia, the region, and some data at the level of the basic and higher public prosecutor's office.

15.2. Comparability - over time

There is no time limit in the comparability of statistical data.

 

15.3. Coherence - cross domain
Not available.
 
15.4. Coherence - internal

Not available.


16. Cost and BurdenTop
16. Cost and Burden
  • SORS costs relate to the work on methodology, printing, and distribution of forms, data processing and dissemination.
  • Costs of reporting units: filling in and distributing forms.

17. Data revisionTop
17.1. Data revision - policy

Basic principles and standards for conducting audits of published statistical data are defined in the document "General Policy Audit" SORS.

 

17.2. Data revision - practice

Revisions in this survey are made in line with amendments to the Criminal Code and the needs of the user. Previously published data cannot be changed.


18. Statistical processingTop
18.1. Source data

The survey is based on administrative data.

18.2. Frequency of data collection

The survey is conducted in one-year frequency and data are collected in monthly frequency. The reporting method is used for data collection. This method is used both for the first phase of the proceedings at the public prosecutor's offices, as well as reporting units by means of forms SK-1.

18.3. Data collection

The SORS implements the complete methodology for carrying out the survey, prepares and updates the necessary methodological instruments (form, instructions for filling in). The latter are delivered by post to the reporting units (competent public prosecutors' offices). In addition, the SORS also performs the control of the coverage and accuracy of data, coding, data log entries, logical and calculation control of the data. The final phase is the publication of survey results.

The SORS, in December, prepared and printed form SK-1, for all reporting units on the territory of Serbia for the next year. Detailed instructions for completing the form are available in the methodological materials. The shortened version the instructions (two pages) is periodically transmitted to reporting units with forms SK-1.

The forms are transmitted to the reported units at the end of December and in early January. The deadline for submission of data for the previous year for AP Vojvodina is until April 1 of the current year.

 Form SK-1 “Questionnaire for an adult against whom criminal proceedings have been terminated” contains data on:

  • ·  the perpetrator of the criminal offence: known / unknown, sex and year of birth;
  • ·  the criminal offence: the legal title of the criminal offence, the applied law, the year of offence committal, , whether the property was damaged by the criminal offense;
  • ·  the proceedings: who filed the crime report, how the crime report was filed to the public prosecutor, the type of decision and the reasons, whether the perpetrator was in detention and for how long,
  • ·  the duration of the proceedings: the date of receipt of the crime report, the date of issuing the order for conducting the investigation and the date of the decision.

 

18.4. Data validation

SORS also performs control of the coverage and accuracy of the data, performs coding, data log entries, logical and calculation control of the data

18.5. Data compilation

Not available.

18.6. Adjustment

Not applicable.


19. CommentTop
19. Comment

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