Crime And Criminal Justice Systems In Europe And North America 1995-1997: Report On The Sixth United Nations Survey On Crime Trends And Criminal Justice Systems

The purpose of the report is to describe public safety in the European and North American region as a whole, and in the individual countries within the region. The report is based on an analysis of national responses to the Sixth United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems. It covers the years 1995 through 1997. The Sixth United Nations Survey data have been supplemented by other information, including in particular the results of the International Crime Victim Survey. It must be underlined, however, that an assessment of public safety by means of crime statistics and other crime-related data cannot be reliably made, owing to the fact that the level of criminality as a phenomenon cannot be reliably measured