Further development of crime statistics and legal data

Legislators, scientists, and practitioners require valid and well-developed crime statistics and criminal justice data. The German crime statistics system only partially meets the requirements of its various user groups. It requires optimisation in a number of ways. The German Data Forum’s working group will develop recommendations for implementation in the short, medium, and long term. The aim is also to re-evaluate the guidelines developed by the working group “Optimisation of Existing Criminal Statistics Systems“ in 2009. On the basis of this implementation evaluation, the working group will develop updated recommendations.

• Format: Working group including external members; within the course of the working group: workshop with representatives of the federal government and the governments of the Länder
• Goal: Follow-up on the 2009 recommendations, problem analysis, development of updated recommendations
• Output: Publication of a position paper as part of the RatSWD Output Series
• Timeframe: Start: November 2017, completion by October 2018, publication by late 2018