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Conviction Statistics: Adults
- 1Contact
- 1.1Contact organisation
National Statistics Institute of Spain
- 1.5Contact mail address
Avenida de Manoteras 50-52 - 28050 Madrid
- 1.1Contact organisation
- 2Metadata update
- 2.1Metadata last certified
03/09/2024
- 2.2Metadata last posted
24/09/2024
- 2.3Metadata last update
03/09/2024
- 2.1Metadata last certified
- 3Statistical presentation
- 3.1Data description
The Conviction Statistics: Adults, provides annual data on the socio-demographic characteristics of adult convicted persons (18 and over) by final judgement, as well as additional information on crimes and penalties imposed. In addition, more detailed information on sexual offences is provided.
This is a statistic whose source of information is the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, belonging to the Ministry of Justice, and the information refers to the sentencing notes in final judgement, recorded in both registers throughout the reference year.
Main socio-demographic characteristics investigated about the convicted person: sex, age and nationality of the offender.
- 3.2Classification system
- Comunidades y Ciudades Autónomas
01 Andalucía
02 Aragón
03 Asturias, Principado de
04 Balears, Illes
05 Canarias
06 Cantabria
07 Castilla y León
08 Castilla - La Mancha
09 Cataluña
10 Comunitat Valenciana
11 Extremadura
12 Galicia
13 Madrid, Comunidad de
14 Murcia, Región de
15 Navarra, Comunidad Foral de
16 País Vasco
17 Rioja, La
18 Ceuta
19 Melilla - Delitos
1 Homicidio y sus formas
1.1 Homicidio
1.2 Asesinato
1.3 Homicidio por imprudencia
1.4 Inducción al suicidio
2 Aborto
3 Lesiones
4 Lesiones al feto
5 Manipulación genética
6 Contra la libertad
6.1 Detenciones ilegales y secuestro
6.2 Amenazas
6.3 Coacciones y detenciones ilegales
7 Torturas e integridad moral
7.1 Trato degradante y violencia
7.2 Tortura
7.3 Otros
7 BIS Trata de seres humanos
8 Contra la libertad e indemnidad sexuales
8.1 Agresiones sexuales
8.2 Abusos sexuales
8.2 BIS Abusos y agresiones sexuales a menores de 16 años
8.3 Acoso sexual
8.4 Exhibicionismo y provocación sexual
8.5 Prostitución y corrupción de menores
9 Omisión del deber de socorro
10 Contra la intimidad, derecho a la propia imagen
10.1 Descubrimiento y revelación de secretos
10.2 Allanamiento de morada
11 Contra el honor
11.1 Calumnias
11.2 Injurias
12 Contra las relaciones familiares
12.1 Matrimonios ilegales
12.2 Suposición de parto y alteración de la paternidad
12.3 Contra los derechos y deberes familiares
12.3.1 Quebrantamiento de los deberes de custodia
12.3.2 Sustracción de menores
12.3.3 Abandono de familia
12.99 Otros delitos contra las relaciones familiares
13 Contra el patrimonio y el orden socioeconómico
13.1 Hurtos
13.2 Robos
13.2.1 Robo con violencia
13.2.2 Robo con fuerza
13.3 Extorsión
13.4 Robo y hurto de uso de vehículo
13.5 Usurpación
13.6 Defraudaciones
13.6.1 Estafas
13.6.2 BIS Apropiación indebida
13.6.3 Defraudaciones de fluido eléctrico
13.7 BIS Insolvencias punibles
13.8 Alteración de precios en concursos y subastas públicas
13.9 Daños
13.11 Propiedad intelectual e industrial
13.12 Sustracción de cosa propia
13.13 Delitos societarios
13.14 Receptación y blanqueo de capitales
13.99 Otros delitos contra el patrimonio y el orden socioeconómico
14 Contra la Hacienda Pública y Seguridad Social
15 Contra los derechos de los trabajadores
15 BIS Contra los derechos de los ciudadanos extranjeros
16 Ordenación del territorio, urbanismo, protección del patrimonio histórico y medio ambiente
16.1 Ordenación del territorio y el urbanismo
16.2 Patrimonio histórico
16.3 Recursos naturales y medio ambiente
16.4 Protección de flora, fauna y animales domésticos
17 Contra la seguridad colectiva
17.1 Delitos de riesgo catastrófico
17.2 Incendios
17.3 Contra la salud pública
17.4 Contra la seguridad vial
17.99 Otros delitos contra la seguridad colectiva
18 Falsedades
18.1 Falsificación de moneda y efectos timbrados
18.2 Falsedades documentales
18.2.1 Falsificación documentos públicos
18.2.2 Falsificación documentos privados
18.2.3 Falsificación de certificados
18.2.4 Falsificación de tarjetas de crédito
18.3 Fabricación o tenencia de útiles para falsificación
18.4 Usurpación del estado civil
18.5 Usurpación de funciones públicas
18.99 Otros delitos de las falsedades
19 Contra la Administración Pública
19.1 Prevaricación de los funcionarios públicos
19.2 Abandono destino
19.3 Desobediencia y denegación auxilio
19.4 Infidelidad custodia documentos
19.5 Cohecho
19.6 Tráfico influencias
19.7 Malversación
19.8 Fraudes y exacciones ilegales
19.9 Negociaciones prohibidas a los funcionarios
19.99 Otros delitos contra la Administración Pública
20 Contra la Administración de Justicia
20.1 Prevaricación
20.2 Omisión de los deberes de impedir delitos
20.3 Encubrimiento
20.4 Realización arbitraria del propio derecho
20.5 Acusación y denuncia falsa
20.5.1 Acusación y denuncias falsas
20.5.2 Simulación del delito
20.6 Falso testimonio
20.7 Obstrucción a la justicia
20.8 Quebrantamiento de condena
20.9 Contra la Administración de Justicia de la Corte Penal Internacional
20.99 Otros delitos contra la Administración de Justicia
21 Contra la Constitución
21.1 Rebelión
21.2 Contra la Corona
21.3 Contra las Instituciones del Estado
21.4 Ejercicio de los derechos fundamentales
21.5 Cometidos por funcionarios contra libertad individual
21.6 Ultrajes a España
22 Contra el orden público
22.1 Sedición
22.2 Atentados contra la autoridad y de la resistencia y desobediencia
22.2.1 Atentados contra la autoridad
22.2.2 Resistencia y desobediencia
22.3 Desórdenes públicos
22.5 Tenencia, tráfico, depósito de armas y explosivos
22.6 Organizaciones y grupos criminales
22.7 Organizaciones y grupos terroristas y delitos de terrorismo
22.99 Otros delitos contra el orden público
23 Traición, contra la paz y defensa nacional
23.1 Traición
23.2 Que comprometen la paz o independencia del Estado
23.3 Descubrimiento y revelación de secretos
24 Contra la Comunidad Internacional
24.1 Contra el derecho de gentes
24.2 Genocidio
24.2 BIS Lesa humanidad
24.3 Contra las personas y bienes protegidos
L1 Ley Orgánica de Represión del Contrabando
L2 Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General
L3 Ley Penal y Procesal de la Navegación aérea
R Resto de delitos - Duración 2
Y0T2 De 0 a 2 años
Y-GT2T5 De más de 2 años a 5 años
Y-GT5 Mas de 5 años - Grado de comisión
1 Consumación
2 Tentativa
3 Conspiración
O Otras - Grupos de edad 12
Y18T20 De 18 a 20 años
Y21T25 De 21 a 25 años
Y26T30 De 26 a 30 años
Y31T35 De 31 a 35 años
Y36T40 De 36 a 40 años
Y41T50 De 41 a 50 años
Y51T60 De 51 a 60 años
Y61T70 De 61 a 70 años
Y-GT70 Más de 70 años - Nacionalidad
1 Española
2 Extranjera
. - Nacionalidad 4
1 Española
2.11 De la Unión Europea sin España
2.12 Del resto de Europa
2.02 De África
2.03 De América
2.04 De Asia
2.05 De Oceanía - Número de delitos
1 Condenados con un delito
2 Condenados con dos delitos
3 Condenados con tres delitos
4 Condenados con más de tres delitos - Número de delitos 1
1 Condenados con un delito
2T4 Condenados con dos o más delitos - Número de penas
1 Condenados con una pena
2 Condenados con dos penas
3 Condenados con tres penas
4 Condenados con cuatro penas
5 Condenados con cinco penas
6 Condenados con más de cinco penas - Número de penas 1
1 Condenados con una pena
2T6 Condenados con dos o más penas - Penas
1 Penas privativas de libertad
1.1 Prisión
1.2 Responsabilidad personal subsidiaria
1.3 Localización permanente
1.4 Arresto domiciliario
2 Penas privativas de otros derechos
2.1 Inhabilitación absoluta
2.2 Inhabilitación especial para empleo
2.3 Suspensión de empleo o cargo público
2.4 Privación del derecho de conducir vehículos
2.5 Privación del derecho de tenencia de armas
2.6 Privación del derecho a residir en determinados lugares
2.7 Prohibición de aproximarse a la víctima
2.8 Prohibición de comunicarse con la víctima
2.9 Trabajos en beneficio de la comunidad
3 Multa
4 Expulsión del territorio nacional - Provincias
02 Albacete
03 Alicante/Alacant
04 Almería
01 Araba/Álava
33 Asturias
05 Ávila
06 Badajoz
07 Balears, Illes
08 Barcelona
48 Bizkaia
09 Burgos
10 Cáceres
11 Cádiz
39 Cantabria
12 Castellón/Castelló
13 Ciudad Real
14 Córdoba
15 Coruña, A
16 Cuenca
20 Gipuzkoa
17 Girona
18 Granada
19 Guadalajara
21 Huelva
22 Huesca
23 Jaén
24 León
25 Lleida
27 Lugo
28 Madrid
29 Málaga
30 Murcia
31 Navarra
32 Ourense
34 Palencia
35 Palmas, Las
36 Pontevedra
26 Rioja, La
37 Salamanca
38 Santa Cruz de Tenerife
40 Segovia
41 Sevilla
42 Soria
43 Tarragona
44 Teruel
45 Toledo
46 Valencia/València
47 Valladolid
49 Zamora
50 Zaragoza
51 Ceuta
52 Melilla - Sexo
1 Hombres
2 Mujeres
- Comunidades y Ciudades Autónomas
- 3.3Sector coverage
The statistics cover all the sentencing notes in final judgement entered in both registers during the reference year.
- 3.4Statistical concepts and definitions
- Age
Age in years refers to the number of birthdays reached by the reference date, in other words, the age last birthday.
- Citizenship
Citizenship is defined as the particular legal bond between an individual and his/her State,, acquired by birth or naturalisation, whether by declaration, option, marriage or other means according to the national legislation.
- Convicted person
Person aged 18 years old or more who has been convicted in one or more judgments for one or more crimes during the reference period.
- Crime
Pursuant to article 10 of the Criminal Code, willful or negligent acts or omissions are crimes or misdemeanours punishable by law.
- Date of commission of the offense
It is the reference date on which the age of the convicts is calculated.
- Degree of commission
Each of the different instances (or states of execution) that crimes might have, which it can be classified as a consummation or tentative degree.
- Judgment
The judgment is a resolution passed by a judge or a court which ultimately decides the lawsuit or cause in any instance or appeal, or when, in accordance with procedural law, they must take this form.
In civil law the judgment declares or recognises the rights of one of the parties, or states who is right, forcing the other to accept and comply with it. In criminal law, judgment acquits or sentences the accused, passing the corresponding sentences. - Sentence
Punishment imposed by the authorities empowered by the actual law, for the purpose of sanctioning the individual committing a crime or misdemeanour. Sentences pursuant to article 32 of the Criminal Code may involve deprivation of freedom, deprivation of other rights and fines.
- Sex
Sex refers to the biological sex of the person. According to the WHO, "sex" refers to biological and physiological features defining to men and women, whereas "gender" refers to the roles, behaviour, activities and attributes constructed socially that a specific culture regards as appropriate for men and women. In accordance with this description, the WHO regards "man" and "woman" as sex categories, whereas "male" and "female" are gender categories.
- Age
- 3.5Statistical unit
Adults convicted by final judgement.
- 3.6Statistical population
The population under study in the statistics is the group of persons aged 18 and over convicted by final judgement and registered in the Central Register of Convicted Persons and in the Central Register of Sex Offenders during the reference period.
- 3.7Reference area
From a geographical point of view, the statistics cover the entire national territory.
National, Autonomous Community and Provincial data are provided, referring to the location of the judicial body that issues the sentence.
- 3.8Time coverage
There are results available on the INE website since 1998 and on paper since the middle of last century.
- 3.9Base period
The year 2007 is considered the base year of the statistics, given that this year was the one in which a methodological change took place, and therefore, a break in the series.
Until 2007, the information was based on the use of questionnaires filled out by the judicial bodies with criminal jurisdiction for each sentence handed down (whether final or not). As of 2007, the Central Register of Convicted Persons of the Ministry of Justice has been statistically exploited. As a result, the series is broken, since it goes from investigating those convicted in sentences issued by the judicial bodies, which are mostly not final, to studying those convicted by final judgement and therefore recorded in the Register. Since 2017, more detailed information on sexual offences has been provided by also exploiting the Central Register of Sex Offenders.
- 3.1Data description
- 4Unit of measure
- 4.1Unit of measure
Number of convicted persons, crimes, and penalties.
- 4.1Unit of measure
- 5Reference period
- 5.1Reference period
The statistics are annual. The data refer to sentencing notes in final judgement entered in the Central Register of Convicted Persons and in the Central Register of Sex Offenders, during the reference calendar year.
Data referred to the period: Anual A: 2023
- 5.1Reference period
- 6Institutional mandate
- 6.1Legal acts and other agreements
The compilation and dissemination of the data are governed by the Statistical Law No. 12/1989 "Public Statistical Function" of May 9, 1989, and Law No. 4/1990 of June 29 on “National Budget of State for the year 1990" amended by Law No. 13/1996 "Fiscal, administrative and social measures" of December 30, 1996, makes compulsory all statistics included in the National Statistics Plan. The National Statistical Plan 2009-2012 was approved by the Royal Decree 1663/2008. It contains the statistics that must be developed in the four year period by the State General Administration's services or any other entity dependent on it. All statistics included in the National Statistics Plan are statistics for state purposes and are obligatory. The National Statistics Plan 2021-2024, approved by Royal Decree 1110/2020, of 15 December, is the Plan currently implemented. This statistical operation has governmental purposes, and it is included in the National Statistics Plan 2021-2024. (Statistics of the State Administration).
The Conviction Statistics: Adults, is prepared on the basis of the Collaboration Agreement signed between the INE and the Ministry of Justice on 3 July 2007, modified by the one of 21 November 2017, according to which the Ministry of Justice makes available to the INE the Judicial Registers under its ownership for the statistical exploitation of the information contained therein.
- 6.2Data sharing
The exchanges of information needed to elaborate statistics between the INE and the rest of the State statistical offices (Ministerial Departments, independent bodies and administrative bodies depending on the State General Administration), or between these offices and the Autonomic statistical offices, are regulated in the LFEP (Law of the Public Statistic Function). This law also regulates the mechanisms of statistical coordination, and concludes cooperation agreements between the different offices when necessary.
Once the statistical exploitation has been carried out, there are no information exchanges with other institutions.
- 6.1Legal acts and other agreements
- 7Confidentiality
- 7.1Confidentiality - policy
The Statistical Law No. 12/1989 specifies that the INE cannot publish, or make otherwise available, individual data or statistics that would enable the identification of data for any individual person or entity. Regulation (EC) No 223/2009 on European statistics stipulates the need to establish common principles and guidelines ensuring the confidentiality of data used for the production of European statistics and the access to those confidential data with due account for technical developments and the requirements of users in a democratic society
- 7.2Confidentiality - data treatment
INE provides information on the protection of confidentiality at all stages of the statistical process: INE questionnaires for the operations in the national statistical plan include a legal clause protecting data under statistical confidentiality. Notices prior to data collection announcing a statistical operation notify respondents that data are subject to statistical confidentiality at all stages. For data processing, INE employees have available the INE data protection handbook, which specifies the steps that should be taken at each stage of processing to ensure reporting units' individual data are protected. The microdata files provided to users are anonymised.
By virtue of the collaboration agreement signed between the INE and the Ministry of Justice in July 2007, modified by that of 21 November 2017, the Ministry of Justice sends the microdata file to the INE without containing direct identification data of the persons registered in both registers.
- 7.1Confidentiality - policy
- 8Release policy
- 8.1Release calendar
The advance release calendar that shows the precise release dates for the coming year is disseminated in the last quarter of each year.
- 8.2Release calendar access
The calendar is disseminated on the INEs Internet website (Publications Calendar)
- 8.3User access
The data are released simultaneously according to the advance release calendar to all interested parties by issuing the press release. At the same time, the data are posted on the INE's Internet website (www.ine.es/en) almost immediately after the press release is issued. Also some predefined tailor-made requests are sent to registered users. Some users could receive partial information under embargo as it is publicly described in the European Statistics Code of Practice
- 8.1Release calendar
- 9Frequency of dissemination
- 9.1Frequency of dissemination
The results of the Conviction Statistics: Adults are disseminated on an annual basis.
- 9.1Frequency of dissemination
- 10Accessibility and clarity
- 10.1News release
The results of the statistical operations are normally disseminated by using press releases that can be accessed via both the corresponding menu and the Press Releases Section in the web
- 10.2Publications
All relevant documents related to the Conviction Statistics: Adults (press release, detailed results and methodology) are published on the INE website:
- 10.3On-line database
INEbase is the system the INE uses to store statistical information on the Internet. It contains all the information the INE produces in electronic formats. The primary organisation of the information follows the theme-based classification of the Inventory of Statistical Operations of the State General Administration . The basic unit of INEbase is the statistical operation, defined as the set of activities that lead to obtaining statistical results on a determined sector or subject based on the individually collected data. Also included in the scope of this definition are synthesis preparation.
The results are available on the INE website (Society -> Security and Justice):
The publication is structured in 3 blocks: national results, results by Autonomous Communities and Cities, results by provinces. Each block offers results on adult convicted persons, crimes and penalties. In addition, there is an attached module for convicted sex offenders with the same table structure.
Number of accesses AC1=377,245
Number of accesses AC2=864
- 10.4Micro-data access
A lot of statistical operations disseminate public domain anonymized files, available free of charge for downloading in the INE website Microdata Section
There are no microdata files available to users.
- 10.5Other
There is the possibility of requesting customised information from the INE User Service Area. For more information consult the following link:
https://www.ine.es/infoine/?L=1
- 10.6Documentation on methodology
The methodology is available on the INE website:
This standardised methodological report is also a source of information on various methodological aspects of the statistics.
Metadata completeness rate AC3= 100%
- 10.7Quality documentation
Sections 10.6 to 17 of this standardised methodological report contain the various quality aspects associated with this statistic. It is the user-oriented quality report for this statistic.
- 10.1News release
- 11Quality management
- 11.1Quality assurance
Quality assurance framework for the INE statistics is based on the ESSCoP, the European Statistics Code of Practice made by EUROSTAT. The ESSCoP is made up of 16 principles, gathered in three areas: Institutional Environment, Processes and Products. Each principle is associated with some indicators which make possible to measure it. In order to evaluate quality, EUROSTAT provides different tools: the indicators mentioned above, Self-assessment based on the DESAP model, peer review, user satisfaction surveys and other proceedings for evaluation.
During the annual processing of the statistics and in order to guarantee their reliability, we detect and analyse possible systemic or random errors that may affect the quality of the information (invalid values, inconsistencies between variables, imputations of "non recorded" values) in the main variables (date of birth, date of commission of the crime, nationality, etc.).
- 11.2Quality assessment
The legal basis on which the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders are constituted, as well as the obligation to communicate to them the sentencing notes in final judgement, contribute to guarantee the completeness, coverage and quality of its content. The methodological change carried out in 2007 consisting in the statistical use of the Register has allowed a significant improvement in the quality and completeness of this statistic.
As of 2007, the level of coverage has improved considerably (more details are given in sections 14.1 and 14.3) and results on crimes and penalties have been incorporated.
Until the reference year 2011, provisional results were published and subsequently final results. Improving quality has made it possible to do without provisional results, directly disseminate final data and significantly improve the indicator on the timeliness of statistics. The collaboration of the Ministry of Justice has been very important in achieving this objective.
- 11.1Quality assurance
- 12Relevance
- 12.1User needs
The main users of this statistic are:
- Ministries and other public bodies (Ministry of Justice, General Council of the Judiciary...)
- Researchers and universities (departments of demography, law, sociology, statistics, etc.).
- Territorial administrations (Autonomous Communities, City Councils, etc.)
- Companies and non-profit institutions (especially those working in the social field).
- Individuals
- 12.2User satisfaction
The INE has carried out general user satisfaction surveys in 2007, 2010, 2013, 2016 and 2019 and it plans to continue doing so every three years. The purpose of these surveys is to find out what users think about the quality of the information of the INE statistics and the extent to which their needs of information are covered. In addition, additional surveys are carried out in order to acknowledge better other fields such as dissemination of the information, quality of some publications...
On the INE website, in its section Methods and Projects / Quality and Code of Practice / INE quality management / User surveys are available surveys conducted to date.(Click next link)
User Satisfaction Surveys can be consulted on the website of INE in the category of: Methods and Projects -> Quality in the INE and Code of Practice -> INE Quality Management -> User surveys , where you can see the valuation of the sector "Society: Education, Culture, Health, Justice " which is framed in this statistical operation, which can orient to the opinion of users on it.
- 12.3Completeness
Although there is no community regulation, the Conviction Statistics: Adults provides the information requested in the National Statistical Plan.
Therefore, the data completeness rate R1= 100%
- 12.1User needs
- 13Accuracy and reliability
- 13.1Overall accuracy
Until 31 December 2006, the collection of information was carried out on a quarterly basis by means of a paper bulletin filled out by the judicial bodies (Courts of First Instance and Investigation, Courts of Investigation, Criminal Courts, Courts of Violence against Women, Provincial Courts) for each sentence passed. This type of collection entailed a high lack of response, both partial and total, negatively affecting the accuracy of the information.
As of 2007, we have been using statistics from the Central Register of Convicted Persons; therefore, the statistics are comprehensive and there are no sampling errors. With respect to non-sampling errors, the necessary studies and controls are carried out to evaluate them and limit their importance.
- 13.2Sampling error
This concept is not applicable as it is a comprehensive investigation.
Sampling errors indicators A1= Not applicable. - 13.3Non-sampling error
During the processing of the information, non-sampling errors are detected and limited as far as possible (no response, completion errors, etc.). However, the obligation to communicate to the Registry by the judicial bodies the information relating to the sentencing notes in final judgement, as well as the measures adopted for the control, organisation and management of the Registry itself, introduces an additional guarantee that reinforces the authenticity and integrity of the data contained therein. In any case, and in order to reduce the possible lack of response to a minimum, the file is requested from the Ministry of Justice some time after the end of the reference period, so that the absence of information due to the lack of communication to the Registry within the established period is practically null.
Over-coverage rate A2= Not applicable
Common units proportion A3= 100%
Unit non-response rate A4= 0%
Item non-response rate A5= 0%
Imputation rate A7= 0.04% (nationality of the convicted person)
- 13.1Overall accuracy
- 14Timeliness and punctuality
- 14.1Timeliness
The results of the statistics are disseminated 9 months after the end of the reference period of the information.
Time lag first results TP1= Not applicable
Time lag final results TP2= 9m - 14.2Punctuality
The dissemination of the results is carried out in accordance with the structural statistics availability calendar that the INE prepares and publishes each year.
Punctuality - delivery and publication TP3= The calendar is met
- 14.1Timeliness
- 15Coherence and Comparability
- 15.1Comparability - geographical
The availability of a methodology, a register source of information and a common processing in all the geographical scope, guarantees the comparability of the results between the different Autonomous Communities.
Comparability with the rest of the countries of the European Union, in the absence of a common statistical regulation or standard, depends as much on their respective legal frameworks as on the methodology of the research carried out in each country.
- 15.2Comparability - over time
Until 31 December 2006, the collection of information was carried out quarterly by means of a paper bulletin filled out by the judicial bodies (Courts of First Instance and Investigation, Courts of Investigation, Courts of Criminal Law, Courts of Violence against Women, Provincial Courts) for each sentence handed down, most of which were not final.
As of reference year 2007, based on the Collaboration Agreement signed between the INE and the Ministry of Justice in July 2007, modified by that of 21 November 2017, the primary source of the data was changed for the Central Register of Convicted Persons. This new source of information, which is the basis for the exploitation of the statistics, contains the sentencing notes and suspended sentence notes corresponding to the final sentences registered in it.
This change entailed a break in the series, so that the results of the Statistics are comparable from the reference year 2007, being, therefore, the number of comparable elements of the time series of the Conviction Statistics since its last break equal to 17.
Length of comparable time series CC2= 17
- 15.3Coherence - cross domain
The Conviction Statistics: Adults obtain data from the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, which contain information on final judgements handed down. Although with a differentiated approach, there are other sources of information such as, for example, the Secretariat of State for Security. The results from this source are considered generally consistent with those obtained by the INE, although they differ as a consequence of their distinct nature and the methodology applied in each case. The Secretariat of State for Security provides information on the complaint phase, while the Conviction Statistics: Adults of the INE investigate the completed trial phase.
- 15.4Coherence - internal
The internal consistency in the Conviction Statistics: Adults is the consequence of the application of the same methodological criteria and of a detailed analysis of the possible inconsistencies existing between the different variables.
- 15.1Comparability - geographical
- 16Cost and burden
- 16.1Cost and burden
The estimated budget appropriation necessary to finance this statistic foreseen in the 2024 Annual Programme is 48.74 thousand euros.
The burden on respondents is zero, as this statistic is obtained from information provided by an administrative register.
- 16.1Cost and burden
- 17Data revision
- 17.1Data revision - policy
The INE of Spain has a policy which regulates the basic aspects of statistical data revision, seeking to ensure process transparency and product quality. This policy is laid out in the document approved by the INE board of directors on 13 March of 2015, which is available on the INE website, in the section "Methods and projects/Quality and Code of Practice/INE’s Quality management/INE’s Revision policy" (link).
This general policy sets the criteria that the different type of revisions should follow: routine revision- it is the case of statistics whose production process includes regular revisions-; more extensive revision- when methodological or basic reference source changes take place-; and exceptional revision- for instance, when an error appears in a published statistic-.
As from the 2012 reference year, it is not intended to publish provisional results or revise published data. The data disseminated from this statistic are final.
- 17.2Data revision - practice
Taking into account the dissemination policy of this statistic, the revision of its data does not proceed in practice, since there are no preliminary or provisional results.
Average revision rate A6-MAR= Not applicable
Average revision rate A6-MAR= Not applicable
- 17.1Data revision - policy
- 18Statistical processing
- 18.1Source data
The source data of the Conviction Statistics: Adults are administrative data. They are obtained from the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, belonging to the Ministry of Justice.
These registers record final decisions by the commission of a crime or misdemeanor imposing penalties or protective measures, issued by the Courts or Tribunals of the criminal jurisdictional order. The recorded information comes from the notes on sentences, suspension of sentences, remission of sentence and/or conditional sentence, protection measures and in absentia.
The statistical concepts coincide with the legal concepts.
- 18.2Frequency of data collection
Data is obtained on an annual basis. The file is sent by the Ministry of Justice to the INE before the end of the first half of the calendar year.
- 18.3Data collection
The information is obtained from the Central Register of Convicted Persons and the Central Register of Sex Offenders, belonging to the Ministry of Justice, which contains information on sentencing notes, suspension of sentence, remission and/or conditional sentence notes, protection measures and in absentia notes.
The Ministry of Justice annually extracts from both registers the information requested by the INE for the elaboration of the Statistics according to the design of the register provided. This information corresponds to that contained in the sentencing notes and suspended sentence notes of the registered final judgements. The file provided to the INE contains dissociated individual information and does not contain identification data of persons.
The Ministry of Justice sends the INE the file extracted from both registers with the following information:
Identifier of the convicted person; country of birth; province of birth; country of nationality; sex; date of birth; code of the crime committed; number of crimes committed; code of the penalty; sentence length; amount of the fine; indicator of whether the sentence is for each or all crimes committed; code of statement of recidivism and/or habitual offender; province of the sentencing body; degree of commission of the crime; degree of involvement in the crime; date of sentence; date of commission of the crimes.
- 18.4Data validation
Once the information is received, a coverage control of the information is carried out as well as an analysis of its content in order to detect possible inconsistencies. Likewise, a control of valid values of the different variables under study is carried out.
- 18.5Data compilation
Once the validity of the file received has been checked, in a second phase certain variables are recoded and transformed and secondary auxiliary variables are created that allow the calculation of crimes and penalties and the detection of duplicates.
In a later phase, inconsistencies between variables are automatically detected and corrected. Once the cleaning is finished, we obtain derived variables and the results tables.
The last phase before the dissemination of results consists of analysing the aggregate information and correcting potential errors or inconsistencies not detected in the previous phases.
- 18.6Adjustment
The information that is processed comes from administrative records and it is not necessary to make any type of adjustment.
- 18.1Source data
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