KPI status report : review of status – February 2018

Abstract

The research reviews the status of the relative KPI’s related to the Malta Rate of Crime and Rate of Recidivism (Repeat Offenders) as at 2018. In terms of the creation of a Crime Classification for the Maltese Islands, the report employs the Formosa (2007) classification as follows: The table lists a new structure of crime reporting that is employed by the Malta Police Force, which categories are clearer in structure through its Main and Sub-Categories distinction. Some categories were disaggregated into a number of different sub-categories, whilst others were integrated. Once this classification has been outlined, the researchers identified the need to fit Maltese crime categories within a wider-world construct that reflects both new crimes and a wider-base need for data at finer levels, as well as create an internationally recognised structure. Such would be to create a wider crime classification system to reflect the growing number of crime categories and the relevant sub-categories. In effect, following a review of the Police categories, and discussions with police officers, review of the local prison sentence categories and a review of the UK-crime categories, a classification was created as part of this study.