The Common Challenges of Monitoring Conflict, Crime and Violence: The Nairobi Crime Observatory

1. The Common Challenges of Monitoring Conflict,
Crime and Violence: The Nairobi Crime Observatory
Patrick Burton
June 2013
Geneva
VIOLENCE REDUCTION AND
PEACEBUILDING: HOW VIOLENCE
OBSERVATORIES CAN CONTRIBUTE

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3. Overview
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Collect data
Data Sources
Police stations
Health Officials
Police Administration officials
Judiciary Officials
Chiefs and Chiefs assistants
Children’s Officers
Data capturing
Data Analysis and
interpretation
Produce
weekly
statistics
Disseminate
weekly reports
Produce
Monthly reports
Disseminate
monthly reports
Data
validation
Write up Annual report
Disseminate
annual result
report
Information
Validation
workshop
Dissemination of
information to the
public

6. Design/Implementation
• Distrust in the police, and
in the utilization of the
data
• Resources constraints:
– To record and analyse the
data
– to act on analysis
• Data validation
(population survey as part
of audit and evaluation)
Policy / Take-up
• Integration of different
forms or types of data
(crime? Violence?
GBV/VAWG/VAC)
• Potential double-capture
of cases of violence
• Ownership (credibility) of
process, data
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Challenges

7. Potential Success Factors
• Initiated from the community level (Ownership)
• Opportune moment politically
• Support and buy-in of the IGP
• Integration of data collection and analysis within the
context of other local safety initiatives, including
planning and interventions, and community safety
structures
• Starting relatively focused with opportunities and
systems built in to expand
• Integration of ICT
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"Crime and violence
impedes development, rolls
back gains on women and
children’s rights and
threatens democratic
governance"

9. THANKYOU
Patrick@cjcp.org.za
www.cjcp.org.za
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10. THANKYOU
Patrick@cjcp.org.za
www.cjcp.org.za
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