Publication: Number of Reports to Police on Domestic Violence

Country	Suriname
Year	2008
Type of Measure	Administrative data > Police
Form of Violence	Domestic violence/Intimate partner violence

Brief Description

Each quarter an overview of the number of reports of domestic violence to the police is published. The data specifies the offences, the relationship between the defendant and the victim, geographical location, and the age of the defendant and victim.

Here is an overview of registered cases at the Korps Politie Suriname regarding domestic violence.

Period	2006	2007	2008
1^st quarter	294	295	140
2^nd quarter	267	298	155
3^rd quarter	318	349	59
4^th quarter	302	303	---
Total	1181	1165	358

Source of Information

Response of the Government of Suriname to the questionnaire on violence against women, February 2009