The UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence provides a tool to improve the dissemination of Victimization Survey results.

Mexico City, May 06, 2022. The UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence presents its new technical document “Dissemination of data on victimization. Good practices in elaborating reports, storytelling with data and data visualizations of Victimization Surveys results“, a tool that guides in the elaboration of quality dissemination products on National Crime Victimization Surveys (CVS).

The use of CVS has proliferated in the world over the last 50 years due to their great usefulness in generating data that sheds light on the real crime rate in a country and on people’s opinions about their security and relevant justice institutions. For example, between 1992 and 2009, an average of 3.6 official surveys were conducted worldwide per year, while between 2010 and 2020, this average rose to 5.1 surveys per year, representing a 40% growth (see UNODC-INEGI CoE Atlas of Victimization Surveys). This growth is linked to their value in generating key information for monitoring 5 indicators of Goal 16 of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. However, despite this proliferation, there is a lack of tools focused on guiding the elaboration and dissemination of victimization data.

Given this circumstance, the UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence, through this new tool, seeks to guide the presentation of reports and stories with quality data that generate impact. This document delves into:

• Presentation of results in accordance with scientific standards.
• The visualization and narrative elements increase the likelihood that the message will reach those who use these data.
• Strategies to promote accessibility and availability of results to the end-user.
• The importance of reinforcing the replicability and comparability of results between surveys.

The first two sections of this publication address good practices for Results Reports and Data Stories. In each of them, we identify their characteristics, the general steps for their construction, and the elements to ensure their quality. The third section explores the use of images, color, text, and the layout of the documents themselves to build a visualization of the impact that encourages the use of victimization data.

The document also incorporates the latest advances in data visualization strategies that encompass all sections of a document. Finally, it is aligned with international data production standards such as the United Nations Fundamental Principles of Official Statistics, the ECLAC Regional Code of Practice on Statistics for Latin America and the Caribbean, and the OECD Council Recommendation on Good Statistical Practice.

The UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence trusts that this document will be useful for countries and their data-producing institutions in the process of constructing reports and data stories of future CVS around the world.

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Download document: Dissemination of victimization data. Good practices in elaborating reports, storytelling with data, and data visualizations with Victimization Survey results.