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2 results foundAuthor: Institute for Economics and Peace Title: Como Registramos los Homicidios en Mexico? (How do We Register Homicides in Mexico?) Summary: Executive Summary The Homicide Data Index (HDI) 2018 is a first attempt to systematically evaluate the quality and comprehensiveness of homicide data at the state in Mexico. Based on the standards established in the Bogota Protocol on Quality of Homicide Data in Latin America and the Caribbean, the index evaluates the data produced by each one of the 32 states of Mexico in relation to several metrics of quality and integrality. As the index as this first report are designed to be a tool to identify opportunities for improvement in the systems of public safety information at the state level. Two years ago, the Mexico Peace Index (IPM) carried out annually by the Institute for Economics and Peace (IEP), reported that the state of peace in Mexico was returning to the levels prior to the war on drugs. Reforms to justice and vigilance police established years ago seemed to give good results and the violence is decreasing. To the it seems, the country was on its way towards recovery. But nevertheless, in 2017 there was a serious increase in violence, with national homicide rate that increased 25%, exceeding its point maximum of 2011. With the war against the drugs now in their twelfth year, Mexico urgently needs a viable and effective plan to end the crisis of violence. But nevertheless, it is still difficult to obtain and analyze information precise about the various events of violence and what is needed to know to stop this crisis. The quality of the data is increasingly important to as the world depends to a greater extent on information. In the last 25 years, the development of evidence-based public policy has won worldwide momentum, since the systems of modern information allow us to better evaluate the policies and programs, identify risks and unforeseen consequences, as well as establish connections between the application of policies public and the desired results. However, the effectiveness of public policies based on evidence depends to a large extent on the quality of said evidence. Good quality data enrich andwork of analysts, be they policemen, sociologists or policy makers. The data of poor quality exacerbate deficiencies in existing systems. In the case of Mexico, the data sets on homicides do not meet the standards established in the Protocol of Bogota, the regional framework to determine quality of the data on homicides used as a basis for the index. The protocol establishes criteria technicians and provides a reference framework for the government and the institutions that produce data officers about homicides. This report, a first step to implement the protocol in Mexico, presents the results of an evaluation of the data produced by security systems public at the state level. Even though Mexico has some mechanisms to facilitate transparency and analysis based on evidence, this report highlights areas significant improvements at the level state as federal. The IDH is designed to provide a reference for state governments, provide a accountability tool for civil society and, ultimately instance, improve the development of more effective public policies, based on evidence. The quality and accuracy of homicide data varies from one state to another as a result of the system of federalized government. While the federal database about crimes requires that all states send basic numbers, data at the state level are an opportunity to collect and analyze information specific about local challenges. The results of this report evidences the need for an improvement significant throughout the country: no state obtained a score higher than 6.5 out of 10 in the index. To improve, most states can make simple changes to the information that they collect and publish. On average, the states they collect nine of the 23 information details necessary to obtain high-quality data on the homicides. Also, 17 states reported that they only collect three of the required indicators for the federal database on crimes in Mexico. Some simple records, such as the precise location of the criminal event, they can achieve an improvement significant in the usefulness of the data. The HDI is composed of five categories that group 43 indicators based on the Protocol of Bogota It is likely that the categories of transparency and detail of the information are easier areas to improve, especially with the use of some simple tools for registration in the databases. The improvements in the category definition probably require changes in the regulations, policies or statutes. However, incoming administrations have an opportunity policy of making significant improvements in their public security systems. Improvements in data quality and convergence between sources will require a careful analysis of the possible failures of information systems. Few States demonstrate a high level of comprehensiveness of the data, even when meeting the standards established for some indicators, some states can lack others. These disparities in quality suggest the absence of a robust system to identify and Record all associated details with a homicide case. Furthermore, if well the gap has been reducing, the discrepancies between number of victims counted from of death certificates and the number of victims registered in the criminal investigations suggest that all are not being investigated the homicides. The discrepancies with the data of the systems of Health can be a sign of impunity, corruption or both. However, deficiencies in the registration and investigation of each of the deaths also may result from lack of capacity: without enough highly trained policemen, forensic investigators and data analysts, who they do not have the tools and technology they require, state governments can be seen overrun by the homicide epidemic. Additionally, the prevalence of disappearances and clandestine graves in Mexico only complicates the problem. The evaluation of the quality of the data on homicides exposes the existence of flaws in the system that need to be identified and addressed. The Bogota Protocol recommends that governments establish an agency to develop and review the methodologies of data collection and verification of victim-by-victim cases in all state agencies. A committee formed adequately, including leaders and experts from civil society and the academic sector, can help identify specific failures in the systems at the state level and propose local solutions to challenges of each state. The governments of Mexico can benefit not only by making references crossed between the victims that are in the records of health systems and folders research, but also when comparing them against records of the prosecutor's offices, to begin to address the high rates of impunity facing the country. Ultimately, develop an infrastructure of modern information is a step towards professionalization of security systems public of Mexico. The principles and benefits of a good data management can be exploited by the police departments, the processes judicial bodies, health systems and institutions of human rights, including agencies responsible for care of cases of missing persons. A better understanding of criminal phenomena, particularly of homicides, could even favor the design of social policy at the local level, attending and preventing more effectively the factors that cause. High quality data benefits both to the institutions that produce as a society in general. If of the application of law and public security, the data on homicides improve the capacity of the police and judicial officials to investigate and process cases. Collaboration with researchers should support the development of techniques effective, while the publication of information complete and accurate public generates trust between the population. Finally, the institutions are strengthened and they acquire legitimacy in the eyes of citizens when they are transparent and responsible. In this meaning, the current transition in Mexico opens the possibility of developing better capabilities institutions and build an information system robust that serves as a basis for a six-year term of peace. Details: Mexico, City: Institute for Economics and Peace, 2018. 36p. Source: Internet Resource (in Spanish): Accessed January 18, 2019 at: http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Indice-de-Datos-sobre-Homicidios-2018.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Mexico URL: http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Indice-de-Datos-sobre-Homicidios-2018.pdf Shelf Number: 154268 Keywords: Bogota Protocol Data Collection Data Evaluation Data Management Database Evidence-Based Policy Homicide Data Index Homicides Mexico Mexico Peace Index National Homicide Rate Number of Victims Police Security Systems Violence Levels War Against Drugs |
Author: Institute for Economics and Peace Title: Indice de Datos Sobre Homicidios (Data Index About Homicides) Summary: The Homicide Data Index (HDI) 2018 is a first attempt to systematically assess the quality and integrality of homicide data at the level State in Mexico. Based on the standards established in the Bogota Protocol on Quality of the Homicide Data in Latin America and the Caribbean, the index evaluates the data produced by each one of the 32 states of Mexico in relation to several metrics of quality and integrality. As the index like this first report are designed to be a tool to identify opportunities for improvement in the systems of Public safety information at the state level. Two years ago, the Mexico Peace Index (IPM) carried out annually by the Institute for the Economy and Peace (IEP), reported that the state of peace in Mexico was returning to the levels prior to the war on drugs. Reforms to justice and vigilance police established years ago they seemed to give good results and the Violence is diminishing. To the it seems the country was on its way Towards recovery. But nevertheless, in 2017 there was a serious increase in violence, with a national homicide rate that increased 25%, exceeding its point maximum of 2011. With the war against drugs now in its twelfth year, Mexico urgently need a viable and effective plan to End the crisis of violence. But nevertheless, it is still difficult to obtain and analyze information precise about the various events of violence and what That knowledge is required to stop this crisis. Data quality is increasingly important to as the world depends more on information. In the last 25 years, the development of evidence-based public policies has won global momentum, since the systems of modern information allow us to better evaluate the policies and programs, identify risks and unforeseen consequences as well as set connections between policy enforcement public and the desired results. However, the effectiveness of evidence-based public policies depends largely on the quality of said evidence. Good quality data enriches the analysts' work, be they police officers, sociologists or policy makers. The poor quality data exacerbate deficiencies in existing systems. In the case of Mexico, data sets on homicides do not meet standards international established in the Protocol of Bogota, the regional framework for determining quality of the homicide data used as the basis for the index The protocol establishes criteria technicians and provides a frame of reference for the government and the institutions that produce data Homicide officers. This report, a first step to implement the protocol in Mexico, presents the results of an evaluation of data produced by security systems Statewide public. Even though Mexico has some mechanisms to facilitate the transparency and analysis based on evidence, this report highlights areas significant improvement both at the level State as federal.The HDI is designed to provide a reference for state governments, provide a accountability tool for civil society and ultimately instance, improve the development of more effective, evidence-based public policies. The quality and accuracy of homicide data varies from one state to another as a result of the system of federalized government While the federal database on crimes requires that all states send basic numbers, statewide data is an opportunity to collect and analyze information Specific about local challenges. The results of This report evidences the need for improvement significant across the country: no state got a rating higher than 6.5 out of 10 in the index. To improve, most states can make simple changes to the information that collect and publish On average, the states collect nine of the 23 details of information necessary to obtain high quality data on the homicides Also, 17 states reported that only collect three of the required indicators for the federal database on crimes in Mexico. Some simple records, such as precise location of the criminal event, they can achieve an improvement significant in the usefulness of the data. The HDI is composed of five categories that group 43 indicators based on the Protocol of Bogota It is likely that the categories of transparency and detail of the information are the areas easier to improve, especially with the use of some simple tools for registration in the databases. The improvements in the category definition probably require changes in regulations, policies or statutes. However, the incoming administrations have a chance policy of making significant improvements in their public security systems. Improvements in data quality and convergence between sources will require careful analysis of the possible failures of information systems. Few states demonstrate a high level of integrality of the data, even when meeting the standards set for some indicators, some states may lacking others These disparities in quality suggest the absence of a robust system to identify and record all associated details with a homicide case. Furthermore, if ok the gap has been reducing the discrepancies between the number of victims counted from of death certificates and the number of victims registered in the criminal investigations suggest that everyone is not being investigated the homicides Discrepancies with the data of the systems of Health can be a sign of impunity, corruption or both. However, deficiencies in the registry and investigation of each of the deaths also they can be a result of lack of capacity: without enough highly trained cops, forensic investigators and data analysts, which neither do they have the tools and technology that they require, state governments can be seen overtaken by the homicide epidemic. Additionally, the prevalence of disappearances and clandestine graves in Mexico only complicates the trouble. The evaluation of data quality on homicides exposes the existence of failures in the system that need to be identified and addressed. The Bogota Protocol recommends that governments establish an agency to develop and review the data collection methodologies and victim-victim case verification in all state agencies. A formed committee properly, including leaders and experts from civil society and the academic sector, can help identify specific system failures at the state level and propose local solutions to challenges of each state. The governments of Mexico they can benefit not only by making references crusades among the victims found in the health system records and folders research but also when comparing them against Prosecutor's records, to begin addressing the high rates of impunity facing the country. Ultimately, develop an infrastructure of modern information is a step towards professionalization of security systems Public of Mexico. The principles and benefits of a good data management can be leveraged by the police departments, the processes judicial, health systems and institutions of human rights, including care agencies of cases of missing persons. A better understanding of criminal phenomena, particularly of homicides, could even favor the design of social policy at the local level, attending and preventing more effectively the factors that cause. High quality data benefits both to the institutions that They produce like society in general. If of law enforcement and public safety, the Homicide data improves the ability of the police and judicial officials to investigate and process cases. The collaboration with researchers must support the development of techniques effective while publishing information complete and accurate public builds trust between the population. Finally, the institutions are strengthened and acquire legitimacy in the eyes of citizens when they are transparent and responsible. In this meaning, the current transition in Mexico opens the possibility of developing better capabilities institutional and build an information system robust to serve as a basis for a peace administration. Details: S.L.: Institute for Economics and Peace, 2018. 36p. Source: Internet Resource (in Spanish): Accessed August 21, 2019 at: http://economicsandpeace.org/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Indice-de-Datos-sobre-Homicidios-2018.pdf Year: 2018 Country: Mexico URL: http://economicsandpeace.org/ Shelf Number: 157035 Keywords: Homicides Law Enforcement Mexico Peace Index Police Reform Violent Crime War Against Drugs |