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Number Of Victims Of Intentional Homicide Per 100,000 Population, By Sex And Age
Indicator detail
16.1.1 Number of victims of intentional homicide per 100,000 population, by sex and age
Proxy indicator – a substitute indicator for which data are not available according to the relevant UN methodology.
Metadata
| Relevance/rationale of the indicator (resp. why the indicator was chosen to measure the target and how it is suitable for these purposes) | This indicator is widely used at national and international level to measure the most extreme form of violent crime and it also provides a direct indication of lack of security. Security from violence is a pre-requisite for individuals to enjoy a safe and active life and for societies and economies to develop freely. Intentional homicides occur in all countries of the world and this indicator has a global applicability. Monitoring intentional homicides is necessary to better assess their causes, drivers and consequences and, in the longer term, to develop effective preventive measures. If data are properly disaggregated (as suggested in the ICCS), the indicator can identify the different type of violence associated with homicide: inter-personal (including partner and family-related violence), crime (including organized crime and other forms of criminal activities) and socio-political (including terrorism, hate crime). |
| Target value of the indicator and its evaluation | |
| Definition | The number of completed intentional acts from the statistics of the Police of the Czech Republic in which at least one person was killed (murders and manslaughter). |
| Measuring unit | Number of acts of intentional homicide. |
| Indicator disaggregation | By sex By age |
| Reference period (resp. the period to which the indicator relates) | Year |
| Related geographical area | CZ (NUTS 0) |
| Comment | Data for indicator 16.1.1 are not available according to the relevant UN methodology. For this reason, a proxy indicator has been proposed as a substitute for reporting on indicator 16.1.1. Reported acts are TSK 101-106, and 115 committed in the territory of the Czech Republic, which were initiated in the sense of Section 158/3 of the Criminal Procedure Code in the year in question (it is not the date of commission or the date of death of the person). The statistics of the Police of the Czech Republic (PCR) does not register or count the victims of crimes. It registers the objects of assault against whom the crime is directly directed. If the object of the assault is a person, it is possible to register more than one person for one offense. Only statutory variables may be recorded in PCR statistics. According to the Victims Act, a victim is (generally speaking) anyone who has been harmed in some way. This term in no way corresponds to the registered object of the assault. Since no definition of victim is given in the terms of reference, it is not possible to determine whether this variable corresponds to the recorded object of the assault. The number of completed intentional acts in which at least one person (out of several possible) is killed is given. These numbers are not related to the population. In the case of the total number, unidentified persons (unknown sex and age) are included; in the case of counts by sex (and age), only identified persons are included. Values before 2019 are not reported due to a methodological change in that year. |
| Update periodicity | Annually |
| Time coverage since | 2019 |
| Time coverage until | 2024 |
| Time series available at the data provider since | 2019 |
| Data publication date (resp. the date when the data provider publishes (regularly) data; it is given in the format T + the number of days, months or years when T is the end of the reference period) | T+5m |
| Contact point - data provider - e-mail | radek.sanak@pcr.cz, terezie.styglerova@csu.gov.cz |
| Contact point - data provider - name | Radek Saňák, Terezie Štyglerová |
| Data source | Police Presidium of the Police of the Czech Republic, Czech Statistical Office |
| Data origin | Statistics of the Police of the Czech Republic, Population balance |
| Links to detailed metadata or methodology | https://unstats.un.org/sdgs/metadata/files/Metadata-16-01-01.pdf |
| Links to international comparison | EU countries (Eurostat) |