Successfully concludes the online course “Gender perspective in crime and criminal justice statistics” of INEGI and UNODC- CdE

Mexico City, April 08, 2022 – The online course “Gender perspective in crime and criminal justice statistics” presented by the National Institute of Statistics and Geography (INEGI) of Mexico, the United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC) and its UNODC-INEGI Center of Excellence for Statistical Information on Government, Public Security, Victimization and Justice , held from February 21 to March 25, 2022, came to an end.

This course aimed to provide participants with the opportunity to learn gender concepts and frameworks on statistics and indicators related to crime and criminal justice that cover several goals of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) with a gender perspective, with the general purpose of strengthening the capacity to produce high-quality statistics, including indicators, to inform policy decisions at the national and international levels.

Figure 1. Course Modules

Its focus was on the development of 4 topics that corresponded to the same number of modules: in Module 1 were analyzed the basic concepts of gender, in addition to essential tools such as the ICCS and the SDGs 2030; Module 2 exposed the various criminal acts from a gender perspective with specific reference to the SDG indicators; Module 3 provided the context for a gender approach in the criminal justice system; and finally in Module 4 the concepts and definitions of the variables in different databases to calculate the SDG indicators were reviewed, in addition to exercises for microdata analysis to calculate the SDG indicators of which UNODC is the custodian office.

Figure 2. Student´s countries

In the course enrolled 689 people from 19 countries in Latin America and the Caribbean and Europe. Although the majority of the participants were women, almost a third were men (31.8%). This data shows progress in the inclusion of the male sex in these gender issues. Regarding their affiliation, most of the participants were affiliated with the Governments, either from institutions outside the National Statistical Offices (ONE) (59.9%) or from the ONEs themselves (10%). With the latter, the purpose of strengthening the production of statistics for national policies is fulfilled more directly.

Figure 3. Institution of affiliation of the students

Regarding the performance of the students, it should be noted that only 7.1% could not continue with the course. Of the remaining 92.9% of participants, the majority (55.8%) passed the course with an average grade of 89.4 out of 100. While thanks to a self-assessment of skills carried out before starting the course and another made at the end, it is possible to know that on average the number of correct answers among the students increased by 44%. With which, the improvement of knowledge in the gender perspective in crime and criminal justice statistics is observed.

The experience lived in the course was mostly positive, as shown in the following opinions of some students in the feedback section. Approaches towards an enriching experience and the usefulness of the information presented were observed, for example, in student 45:

“Thanks to the entire team in charge of this course, it was an enriching experience that will be very useful to me in the work I do. Blessings” Student 45

 

 

 

 

In other opinions, the platform and/or attention to doubts or comments are mentioned, qualifying them as positive:

“Thank you very much for the content of the course and the clarification of doubts. It is a complete format that allows you to reinforce knowledge during the progress in the modules.” Student 398

 

 

 

 

 

The preference for one or more of the modules and the virtues that they liked about them were also highlighted, as in the following example with modules 2 and 4.

“Thank you very much for the course, it is very briad and detailed, […] The parts that I liked the most were Module 2 and 4. In the first, I found the list of crimes and their measurement according to the SDG framework to be very interesting. In the second, I liked carrying out the practices in R, which on this occasion helped me to know how to use it to calculate SDG indicators […]  Thanl you very much!” Student 206

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

With the good results of this course, UNODC fulfills its mandate to strengthen statistical, analytical, and monitoring capacities in the fields of government, victimization, public security, and justice, especially to monitor the progress of the 2030 Agenda. Although the it is necessary new courses that continue with the development of the gender perspective in crime and criminal justice statistics.

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