Spain, Ministry of Interior (Ministerio del Interior) (2016), 2015 Report on incidents related to hate crimes (Informe delitos de odio 2015), Madrid, Ministry of Interior
Country
Spain
Title
Year
Type of publication
Geographical coverage
National
Area/location of interest
Type of Institution
Public authority
Institution
Main Thematic Focus
Hate crime
Target Population
General population
Key findings
Annual official report on hate crimes in Spain that mainly published the last developments and data registered.
Key findings:
An improvement of the efficiency in the collection of data.
The introduction of two new areas within the statistical system of criminality (SEC).
One was “discrimination by reason of gender”, after the 2015 reform of article 22.4 of the criminal code on aggravating circumstances. And the second one was “ideology”.
Methodology (Qualitative/Quantitative and exact type used, questionnaires etc)
Statistical analysis - location based - of police and administrative data
Sample details and representativeness
The data were obtained through the Crime Statistics System (statistical system of criminality (SEC)). For its computation takes into account the facts that have being acknowledged by the following police corps: Guardia Civil, the National Police, the independent police of the different autonomous communities (Ertzaintza and Mossos d'esquadra and Policía Foral de Navarra) as well as the Local Police groups.