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Conviction Statistics: Minors
- 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
25/09/2023
- 2.3Metadata last update
03/09/2024
- 2.1Metadata last certified
- 3Statistical presentation
- 3.1Data description
The Conviction Statistics: Minors, offers annual data on the sociodemographic characteristics of convicted minors (14 to 17 years old) in a final sentence. Additional information on criminal offenses and measures taken is also provided. In addition, more detailed information on sexual crimes is given.
This is a statistic whose source of information is the Central Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors and the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders, owned by the Ministry of Justice and the information refers to the conviction notes in final judgment, registered in both records throughout the reference year.
Main sociodemographic characteristics investigated on the convicted minor: sex, age and nationality of the minor.
- 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 - Edad 4
Y14 14 años
Y15 15 años
Y16 16 años
Y17 17 años - Infracciones penales
Delitos
Homicidio y sus formas
Aborto
Lesiones
Lesiones al feto
Manipulación genética
Contra la libertad
Detenciones ilegales y secuestro
Amenazas
Coacciones y detenciones ilegales
Torturas e integridad moral
Trata de seres humanos
Contra la libertad e indemnidad sexuales
Agresiones sexuales
Abusos sexuales
Acoso sexual
Exhibicionismo y provocación sexual
Prostitución y corrupción de menores
Otros delitos contra la libertad e indemnidad sexuales
Omisión del deber de socorro
Contra la intimidad, derecho a la propia imagen
Descubrimiento y revelación de secretos
Allanamiento de morada
Contra el honor
Calumnias
Injurias
Contra las relaciones familiares
Contra los derechos y deberes familiares
Otros delitos contra las relaciones familiares
Contra el patrimonio y el orden socioeconómico
Hurtos
Robos
Robo con violencia
Robo con fuerza
Extorsión
Robo y hurto de uso de vehículo
Usurpación
Defraudaciones
Daños
Propiedad intelectual e industrial
Receptación y blanqueo de capitales
Otros delitos contra el patrimonio y el orden socioeconómico
Contra la Hacienda Pública y Seguridad Social
Contra los derechos de los trabajadores
Contra los derechos de los ciudadanos extranjeros
Ordenación del territorio, urbanismo, protección del patrimonio histórico y medio ambiente
Patrimonio histórico
Protección de flora, fauna y animales domésticos
Contra la seguridad colectiva
Delitos de riesgo catastrófico
Incendios
Contra la salud pública
Contra la seguridad vial
Otros delitos contra la seguridad colectiva
Falsedades
Falsificación de moneda y efectos timbrados
Falsedades documentales
Usurpación del estado civil
Otros delitos de las falsedades
Contra la Administración Pública
Contra la Administración de Justicia
Omisión de los deberes de impedir delitos
Resistencia y desobediencia
Encubrimiento
Realización arbitraria del propio derecho
Acusación y denuncia falsa
Falso testimonio
Obstrucción a la justicia
Quebrantamiento de condena
Contra la Administración de Justicia de la Corte Penal Internacional
Otros delitos contra la Administración de Justicia
Contra la Constitución
Contra las Instituciones del Estado
Ejercicio de los derechos fundamentales
Ultrajes a España
Contra el orden público
Atentados contra la autoridad y de la resistencia y desobediencia
Atentados contra la autoridad
Desórdenes públicos
Tenencia, tráfico, depósito de armas y explosivos
Organizaciones y grupos criminales
Organizaciones y grupos terroristas y delitos de terrorismo
Otros delitos contra el orden público
Traición, contra la paz y defensa nacional
Contra la Comunidad Internacional
Contra el derecho de gentes
Ley Orgánica de Represión del Contrabando
Ley Orgánica del Régimen Electoral General
Resto de delitos
Faltas
Faltas contra las personas
Faltas contra el patrimonio
Faltas contra intereses generales
Faltas contra el orden público
Otras faltas sin especificar - Medidas contra menores
Internamiento
Internamiento abierto
Internamiento cerrado
Internamiento semiabierto
Internamiento terapéutico en régimen cerrado, semiabierto o abierto
Libertad vigilada
Prestación en beneficio de la comunidad
Permanencia de fin de semana
Realización de tareas socio-educativas
Otras medidas
Privación del permiso de conducir
Tratamiento ambulatorio
Asistencia a un centro de día
Amonestación
Convivencia con otra persona, familiar o grupo educativo (menores)
Prohibición de aproximarse o comunicarse con la víctima - 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 infracciones penales
1 Menores con una infracción penal (delitos y faltas)
1.1 Menores con una infracción penal: un delito
1.2 Menores con una infracción penal: una falta
2 Menores con dos infracciónes penales (delitos y faltas)
3 Menores con tres infracciónes penales (delitos y faltas)
4 Menores con más de tres infracciónes penales (delitos y faltas) - Número de infracciones penales 1
1 Menores con una infracción penal (delitos y faltas)
1.1 Menores con una infracción penal: un delito
1.2 Menores con una infracción penal: una falta
2T4 Menores con dos o más infracciones penales (delitos y faltas) - Número de medidas adoptadas
1 Menores con una medida
2 Menores con dos medidas
3 Menores con tres medidas
4 Menores con cuatro medidas
5 Menores con cinco medidas
6 Menores con más de cinco medidas - Número de medidas adoptadas 1
1 Menores con una medida
2T6 Menores con dos o más medidas - 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
- Criminal Infringement
willful or negligent acts or omissions punishable by law. This may be a crime or a misdemeanor.
- 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 minor
Person aged 14 to 17 years old, who has been condenada en convicted by final judgment (once or more times) during the reference period of statistical operation for committing one or more punishable offences.
- Date of commission of the offense
It is the reference date on which the age of the convicts is calculated.
- 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. - Measure adopted
Sanctioning or educational measure imposed for committing a crime or misdemeanour.
- 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.
- Criminal Infringement
- 3.5Statistical unit
Minors sentenced by final sentence.
- 3.6Statistical population
The population under study of the statistics is the group of people between 14 and 17 years old sentenced in a final judgment and registered in the Central Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors and in the Central Registry of Sexual 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 Juvenile Courts for each sentence handed down (whether final or not). As of 2007, the Central Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors 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 minors 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 minors, criminal offenses, and measures adopted.
- 4.1Unit of measure
- 5Reference period
- 5.1Reference period
The statistics are annual. The data refer to the conviction notes in a final sentence registered in the Central Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors and in the Central Registry of Sex Offenders, during the reference calendar year.
Data referring to the period: Annual A: 2020
- 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: Minors, 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: Minors are released annually.
- 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: Minors (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 convicted minors, criminal offenses and measures adopted. There is also a module for those convicted of sexual crimes with the same table structure.
Number of accesses AC1=206,723
Number of accesses AC2=781
- 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
It is possible to request tailored information from the INE Information Area. For more information consult the following link:
- 10.6Documentation on methodology
The methodology is available on the INE website on the page corresponding to this statistic. This standardized methodological report is also a source of detailed information on various methodological aspects of it. It can be consulted at:
Likewise, this standardized methodological report constitutes a source of information on various methodological aspects of statistics.
Metadata completion 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 Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors and the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders is constituted, as well as the obligation to communicate to both the conviction notes in a final judgment, contribute to guaranteeing exhaustiveness, coverage and quality of its content. The methodological change carried out in 2007 consisting of the statistical exploitation of the Registry has allowed a significant improvement in the quality and exhaustiveness of these statistics.
As of 2007, the level of coverage has been significantly improved (more detail is given in sections 14.1 and 14.3) and results on criminal offenses and measures adopted have been incorporated.
Until the reference year 2011, provisional results were published and later definitive results. The improvement in quality has made it possible to dispense with the provisional results, directly disseminate definitive data and significantly improve the indicator on the timeliness of the 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.)
- enterprises 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)
The user satisfaction surveys carried out can be consulted on the INE website, in its section on: Methods and projects -> Quality and Code of good practices -> Quality management at the INE -> User surveys, where you can see the assessment of the "Society: Education, Culture, Health, Justice" in which this statistical operation is framed, which can guide the users' opinion about it.
- 12.3Completeness
Although there is no community regulation, the Statistics of Convicted Minors provides the information requested in the National Statistical Plan.
Therefore, data completeness rate R1= 100%
- 12.1User needs
- 13Accuracy and reliability
- 13.1Overall accuracy
Until December 31, 2006, the collection of information was carried out quarterly through a paper bulletin completed by the Juvenile Courts for each sentence handed down. This type of collection carried with it a high partial and total lack of response, negatively affecting the accuracy of the information.
As of 2007, the statistical exploitation of the Central Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors is carried out, therefore, the statistics are exhaustive 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 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
Proportion of common units A3= Not applicable
Non-response rate per unit A4= 0%
Non-response rate per item A5= 0%
Imputation rate A7= 0.00% (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.
Opportunity first results TP1= Not applicable
Opportunity 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.
Timeliness (delay in 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 December 31, 2006, the collection of information had been carried out quarterly through a paper bulletin completed by the Juvenile Courts for each sentence handed down, most of which were not final.
As of the reference year 2007, based on the Collaboration Agreement signed between the INE and the Ministry of Justice in July 2007, modified by that of November 21, 2017, the primary source of the data was changed to the Registry Center for Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors. This new source of information, the basis for the exploitation of the statistics, contains the sentence notes corresponding to the final sentences registered in it.
This change led to 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 Convicted Statistics: Minors since last break, equal to 17.
Length of comparable time series CC2= 17
- 15.3Coherence - cross domain
The Conviction Statistics: Minors obtains data from the Central Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors and the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders that contain information on the final sentences issued. 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: Minors of the INE, investigates the completed trial phase.
- 15.4Coherence - internal
The internal consistency in the Conviction Statistics: Minors 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 49.13 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: Minors are administrative. They are obtained from the Central Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors and the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders, owned by the Ministry of Justice.
In these registers, the firm resolutions for the commission of a crime or misdemeanor that impose measures dictated by the Juvenile Courts are registered. The registered information comes from the conviction notes corresponding to final sentences.
Statistical concepts coincide with 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 Registry of Sentences of Criminal Responsibility of Minors and the Central Registry of Sexual Offenders, owned by the Ministry of Justice, which contains information on the conviction notes corresponding to final sentences.
The Ministry of Justice annually extracts from both registries the information requested by the INE for the elaboration of the Statistics according to the facilitated registry design. This information corresponds to that contained in the sentence notes of the registered final sentences. The file provided to the INE contains dissociated individual information and does not contain personal identification data.
The Ministry of Justice sends the file extracted from both records to the INE with the following information:
Identifier of the convicted minor; country of birth; province of birth; country of nationality; sex; Date of Birth; code of the criminal offense committed; number of criminal offenses committed; code of the measure adopted; province of the sentencing body; degree of commission of the criminal offense; degree of involvement in the criminal offence; sentence date; date of commission of the criminal offense.
- 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 received file has been verified, in a second phase certain variables are recoded and transformed and secondary auxiliary variables are created that allow the calculation of criminal offenses and measures adopted, and detect 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
- 19Comment
- 19.1Comment
- 19.1Comment