Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures: Standards for a European Comparison. Gottingen Studies in Criminal Law and Justice Volume 10

"The study presented in this book is a direct response to the needs for defining and registering criminal and judicial data on the European level. Based upon work done in creating the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics (ESB), the project results will improve and complement the standards developed so far for definitions and statistical registration in four fields (police, prosecution, courts, prison), in order to contribute to the picture of criminal justice in Europe. Possibilities to optimize the offence definitions used so far in the ESB context were explored. Also, further crime types, especially those subject to EU-harmonized definition, were tested and introduced. Apart from this, the prosecution chapter of the ESB questionnaire was changed and expanded. Data collection possibilities regarding compulsory measures in the investigatory stage were tested, and a more sophisticated approach for recording sanctions and measures as well as prison data was developed. The study explored how far national statistics can provide such data and developed a concept for collation on European level. It was funded by the European Commission under the AGIS 2006 program"--Publisher's description gsk10_jehle_book.pdf......Page 0 Project Acknowledgments......Page 7 Preface ......Page 11 Table of Contents ......Page 13 Signs and Symbols Used in Tables ......Page 19 1. Introduction ......Page 21 2. Methodological background ......Page 23 3. Methodology and course of the AGIS 134 study ......Page 27 4. Overall structure of the questionnaires ......Page 32 5. Response rates and data quality ......Page 34 6. Future developments ......Page 37 1. Previous definition ......Page 39 2. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions ......Page 40 3. Trial questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 42 4. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 45 5. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 49 6. Conclusion ......Page 51 1. Previous definition ......Page 53 3. Trial and subsidiary questionnaires and evaluation ......Page 54 4. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 65 5. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 71 6. Conclusion ......Page 72 1. Previous definition ......Page 75 3. Trial questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 76 4. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 88 5. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 99 6. Conclusions ......Page 103 1. Previous definition ......Page 105 3. Trial questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 106 4. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 111 5. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 120 6. Conclusions ......Page 123 1. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions ......Page 125 2. Trial and subsidiary questionnaires and evaluation ......Page 126 3. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 144 4. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 148 5. Conclusions ......Page 149 1. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions......Page 151 2. Trial and subsidiary questionnaires and evaluation ......Page 152 3. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 156 4. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 160 5. Conclusion ......Page 162 1. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions ......Page 163 2. Trial and subsidiary questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 164 3. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 171 4. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 174 5. Conclusion ......Page 177 1. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions ......Page 179 2. Trial and subsidiary questionnaires and evaluation ......Page 180 3. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 187 4. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 191 J. Human trafficking ......Page 195 1. Starting point ......Page 197 3. Trial questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 199 4. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 214 5. Conclusions ......Page 232 1. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions ......Page 233 2. Trial questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 235 3. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 245 4. Additional questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 251 5. Conclusions ......Page 252 1. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions ......Page 253 2. Trial questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 254 3. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 267 4. Conclusions ......Page 277 1. First steps and development of draft definitions and questions ......Page 279 2. Trial questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 280 3. Final questionnaire and evaluation ......Page 289 5. Conclusions ......Page 295 O. Data on EU Citizens ......Page 297 Other Publications in the Series ......Page 299 Backcover ......Page 302