Indicator 16.3.1 Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms

Goal 16: Promote peaceful and inclusive societies for sustainable development, provide access to justice for all and build effective, accountable and inclusive institutions at all levels.

Target 16.3: Promote the rule of law at the national and international levels and ensure equal access to justice for all

16.3.1. Proportion of victims of violence in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms.

November 2021

Indicator 16.6

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Junda Nuwamanya

Demography and Social Statistics

Senior Statistician Crime Statistics

+256 782 602544

P.O Box 7186, Kampala

junda.nuwamanya@ubos.org

Definition:

Number of victims of violent crime in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms, as a percentage of all victims of violent crime in the previous 12 months

Concepts:

Competent authorities includes police, prosecutors or other authorities with competencies to investigate relevant crimes, while ‘other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms´ may include a variety of institutions with a role in the informal justice or dispute resolution process (For example tribal or religious leaders, village elders, community leaders), provided their role is officially recognized by state authorities

Percent

None

National Governance Peace and Security Survey 2017

The NGPSS 2017 underwent several stages of implementation which included: survey organization, stakeholder consultative meetings where user needs were identified, sample selection, questionnaire and application development, pretesting and finalization of questionnaires, recruitment and training of field staff, field data collection and capture, data processing, management, cleaning and analysis; report writing and production. At each stage, the survey conformed to international best practices in survey implementation.

Sample Design:

The sample was designed to allow generation of separate estimates at the national level, residence and for the 5 Statistical Regions of Uganda. A three stage cluster sampling design was employed to select a representative sample at household level. At the first stage, EAs were grouped by districts of similar socio-economic characteristics and by rural-urban location. The EAs were then drawn using Probability Proportional to Size. At the second stage, households which are the ultimate sampling units were drawn using Systematic Random Sampling. A total of 300 Enumeration Areas were selected from the 2014 National Population and Housing Census (NPHC) list which constituted the Sampling Frame. At the third stage respondents from the house hold were selected using a Kish grid.

Training and field work:

A team of field supervisors and interviewers were recruited and trained for the main survey. The training lasted ten days and the main approach of training comprised of classroom instructions on interviewing techniques, field procedures, a detailed review of the data collection tool, tests and practice using hand-held Computer Assisted Personal Interviews (CAPI) devices. The training also included classroom mock interviews and field practice in selected EAs outside of the main sample. Team supervisors were further trained in data quality control procedures and coordination of fieldwork activities.

Data collection:

A centralized approach to data collection was employed with nine field teams constituted and dispatched to the different sampled areas. Each team comprised one field supervisor, three enumerators and a driver. The field interviewers were recruited based on fluency in the local language spoken in the respective region of deployment while the supervisors were a balance of both males and females.

The interview method of data collection was employed where interviewers asked the selected respondent in the household to provide the applicable response.

The question used for collecting data on theft was;

In the last 12 month, what was the MOST recent property taken away from you against your will?

A = Phone

B = Bag

C = Television/radio

D = House

E = Money

F = Vehicle

G = Land Grabbing

H = Motorcycle/Bicycle

I = Computer/Monitor/CPU or any other device

J = Livestock/Animal

K = Furniture

Z = Other Specify.

Another question on reporting to authorizes was; Did you or any member of the household report the complaint to the relevant authorities? 1 = Yes 2 = No

The survey is expected every 5 years

2023

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

Uganda Bureau of Statistics

The Uganda Bureau of Statistics (UBOS) Act, 1998 provides for the development and maintenance of a National Statistical System (NSS) to ensure collection, analysis and publication of integrated, relevant, reliable and timely statistical information. It established the Bureau as the coordinating, monitoring and supervisory body for the National Statistical System.

Reporting to competent authorities is the first step for crime victims to seek justice: if competent authorities are not alerted they are not in a condition to conduct proper investigations and administer justice. However, lack of trust and confidence in the ability of the police or other authorities to provide effective redress, or objective and subjective difficulties in accessing them, can influence negatively the reporting behavior of crime victims. As such, reporting rates provide a direct measure of the confidence of victims of crime in the ability of the police or other authorities to provide assistance and bring perpetrators to justice. Reporting rates provide also a measure of the ‘dark figure’ of crime, that is the proportion of crimes not reported to the police. Trends in reporting rates of violent crime can be used to monitor public trust and confidence in competent authorities on the basis of actual behaviors and not perceptions.

The indicator is computed based on victims of theft only. Methodological guidance on these issues is currently under development

Number of victims of violent crime in the previous 12 months who reported their victimization to competent authorities or other officially recognized conflict resolution mechanisms, divided by the number of all victims of violent crime in the previous 12 months (also called the ‘crime reporting rate’)

A validation technical working meeting was held for selected stakeholders before the dissemination of the NGPSS 2017 Report.

The Paria Group developed a Governance Handbook to guide all countries in the development of Governance Statistics at National level.

To ensure quality management of the survey results; the survey implementation followed the generic statistics business process model. The survey report was reviewed was reviewed by a core team including UBOS management.

The 2007 GPSS underwent several stages before production and sharing of the final findings.  The Survey implementation covered these aspects to address quality assurance;

1. Consultative user needs assessment meetings are held with all key stakeholders.

2. The survey and sampling design generated using scientific methods as recommended by the Census and Survey Rules and Regulations.

3. The questionnaire development follows a multi-stakeholder approach and pretesting helps to establish the relevancy and adequacy of the questions to be used.

4. Senior Supervision is conducted during data collection to ensure that quality data is collected

5. Data editing, cleaning and coding is undertaken before analysis and report writing

Before dissemination, the report is reviewed and quality assured by the Department of Outreach and Quality Assurance at the Bureau.

National, Sex, Region and Residence

None

The National Governance Peace and Security Survey report 2017 by UBOS www.ubospublications.org.ug