Seoul (Republic of Korea), 17 June 2022 – The Seventh Korean Crime Victim Survey is organized jointly by the Korean Criminological Association (KCA) and the Korea Institute of Criminology and Justice (KICJ), 17 June 2022 in Seoul, Republic of Korea.
The conference gathered academics in the field of crime and criminal justice and experts from KICJ, carrying out the ‘National Public Safety Survey’, the Korean Crime Victim Survey, to share and exchange research findings using the 2020 CVS data and the challenges of conducting the survey during the Covid-19 pandemic.
The conference consisted of two sessions: the 2020 National Crime Victim Survey, and Crime Trends and Victimization Aspects in the Covid-19 situation. At the first session, Jisu Kim, the Data Analysis Officer of the CoE, presented on ‘Korea National Public Safety Survey for Internationally Comparable Victimization Survey’.
During her presentation, she explained UN crime data collection flows; surveys, UN-CTS, and SDGs indicators to emphasize why international comparative data collection is important in crime and criminal justice statistics. Sustainable Development 16 Survey Initiative, developed by UNODC, UNDP, and OHCHR to measure progress on survey-based indicators under SDG16 including crime victimization, was provided as practical examples to enhance the survey questionnaires of Korea CVS.
The conference provided a good opportunity for the CoE to strengthen ties with academics and the national institutions for future collaboration in the Korean National Crime Victim Survey.
Further information on the UNODC-KOSTAT CoE can be found here, Twitter @CoE_UNODC and Facebook @UNODC.KOSTAT.CoE.
