Panama presents the results of their National Victimization and Public Safety Survey 2017
On March 27, the Integrated National System of Criminal Statistics (SIEC) and the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) of Panama presented for the first time their National Victimization and Public Safety Survey (ENVI). This survey produces statistical information on an urban national level, urban provincial level, as well as on the Districts of Panama, San Miguelito, and on the rest of Panama’s Province regarding criminal victimization between July 2015 and June 2016. This survey includes, among others, the estimations of the crime costs, the percentage of un-denounced crimes (dark figure), the performance ratings of the authorities, or of the risks of being a victim of a crime.
This survey is one of the efforts made by the Republic of Panama to strengthen its institutional capacities regarding public security and justice impartation through the SECOPA program and its results that are an essential tool to inform society and support the decision-makings of prevention and crime reduction policies, made by governmental institutions. The participation of the National Institute of Statistics and Census (INEC) has been essential in this process, since it is the guiding organism of the National Statistical System, as well as the only technically qualified government entity for the development of that type of surveys, for its experience in the required methodological rigor.
The ENVI uses the Latin America and the Caribbean Crime Victimization Survey Initiative (LACSI) methodology, which is in accordance to the International Classification of Crimes for Statistical Purposes (ICCS). The ENVI generates data to provide information on 4 indicators of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), especially Goal 16, to which it is greatly relevant on a national and international level. It is worth mentioning that the INEC, SIEC and SECOPA received technical assistance from the Center of Excellence in Statistical Information on Government, Crime, Victimization and Justice (CoE), which promotes international methodological norms, by providing a technical guide to the implementation of this survey. All of this places the Republic of Panama as the 4th Latin American and 1st Centro-American country to have a National Victimization Survey.
The results can be consulted following this link:
http://www.siec.gob.pa/index.php?option=com_phocadownload&view=category&id=16&Itemid=239