NCJ Number
53338
Date Published
1978
Length
46 pages
Annotation
OFFICIAL STATISTICS ON THE ADMINISTRATION OF JUSTICE IN THE GERMAN FEDERAL REPUBLIC FROM 1974 TO 1976 ARE REPORTED BY THE FEDERAL OFFICE OF STATISTICS.
Abstract
SELECTED DATA RELATES TO THE ORGANIZATION, PERSONNEL, AND BUSINESS OF VARIOUS COURTS (SUPREME COURTS, LABOR COURTS, ADMINISTRATIVE COURTS, SOCIAL COURTS, AND PATENT COURTS). DETERMINATION OF CRIMINAL ACTS ARE REPORTED ACCORDING TO STATES AND SEPARATE CRIMES, AS ARE PROSECUTION OF CRIMES ACCORDING TO MAJOR OFFENSE GROUPS, TRENDS, PROPORTION OF TOTAL CRIMES MADE UP BY MAJOR CRIME CATEGORIES, AND CONVICTIONS ACCORDING TO MAJOR OFFENSE GROUPS AND STATES, CONVICTED PERSONS ACCORDING TO AGE, PENALTIES FOR JUVENILES AND ADULTS, TRAFFIC OFFENDERS BY AGE, CONVICTED FOREIGNERS, PERSONS CONVICTED OF OFFENSES AGAINST CHILDREN BY OFFENSE AND NUMBER OF VICTIMS, AND EXTRADITION OF VICTIMS TO AND FROM WEST GERMANY. DATA FOR EXECUTION OF SENTENCES IS BROKEN DOWN INTO PRISONS BY STATE, PRISONERS AND DETAINEES BY KIND OF IMPRISONMENT, SEX, AGE, MARITAL STATUS, FREQUENCY OF PREVIOUS CONVICTIONS, RENEWED CONVICTION, PROBABLE LENGTH OF PRISON STAY, AND CRIMES. PROBATION STATISTICS ARE GIVEN ACCORDING TO PROBATION OFFICERS AND PROBATIONERS BY KIND OF SENTENCE AND REASONS FOR ENDING PROBATION. REFERENCE FIGURES FOR POPULATION BY SIZE OF COMMUNITY AND AGE OF INDIVIDUALS AND A BIBLIOGRAPHY ARE FURNISHED. --IN GERMAN. (KMD)