2011

As part of the Government of Jamaica's strategic drive for an evidence-based approach in reducing crime, the Jamaica Crime Observatory Integrated Crime and Violence Information System (JCOICVIS) was established in 2011. The JCO-ICVIS is a publicly accessible web-based crime and violence statistics databank that collects and compiles comprehensive data on homicides, sexual assaults and suicides, including the relationships between victims and perpetrators. A Memorandum of Understanding was signed in 2013 between eighteen key stakeholders (including the Bureau of Gender Affairs and the JCO-ICVIS) to provide statistical data and/or technical advice to analyze the data and integrate results in government policies, plans and programmes. A data sharing protocol has been established to facilitate the sharing of standardized and disaggregated data based on the variables of gender, age, location, and incident.