CENTRAL BUREAU OF STATISTICS - MONTHLY BULLETIN OF JUDICIAL STATISTICS, JANUARY 1978

• NCJ Number: 61337
• Journal: MAANDSTATISTIEK POLITIE EN JUSTITIE Volume: 22 Issue: 1 Dated: (JANUARY 1978) Pages: COMPLETE ISSUE
• Date Published: 1978
• Length: 31 pages
• Corporate Author: Priuses Beatrixlaan 428
• Sale Source: Priuses Beatrixlaan 428
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Country: Netherlands

Annotation

DUTCH POLICE CRIME STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST TO THE THIRD QUARTERS AND OCTOBER 1977, AS WELL AS BANKRUPTCY AND FIRE DATA ARE PRESENTED.

Abstract

STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1977 SHOW THAT 406,911 OFFENSES CAME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE NATIONAL AND MUNICIPAL POLICE, 5 PERCENT MORE THAN IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1976. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ORDER INCREASED BY 13 PERCENT; OFFENSES AGAINST INDIVIDUALS BY 2 PERCENT, ROWDYISM BY 31 PERCENT, MORALS OFFENSES BY 3 PERCENT, PROPERTY OFFENSES BY 1 PERCENT, AND TRAFFIC OFFENSES BY 13 PERCENT. IN THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS, 5,002 CRIMES WERE REPORTED TO THE ROYAL MARECHAUSEE (MILITARY POLICE), AS COMPARED TO 4,416 IN THE SAME PERIOD OF 1976. OF THE SUSPECTS, 68 PERCENT WERE MILITARY PERSONNEL, COMPARED TO 73 PERCENT IN THE PREVIOUS YEAR. IN THE PERIOD IN QUESTION, 2,264,012 NONINDICTABLE OFFENSES WERE REPORTED, UP 1O PERCENT FROM THE SAME PERIOD OF 1976. THE ROYAL MARECHAUSSEE FILED 25,811 REPORTS OF NONINDICTABLE OFFENSES OR FINES FOR SUCH OFFENSES, AS OPPOSED TO 18,204 IN 1976. IN THE LAST TWO QUARTERS OF 1976 AND THE FIRST THREE OF 1977, 4,984, 4,877, 5,113, 4,798, AND 4,941 PERSONS WERE TAKEN INTO CUSTODY. TABLES REGISTER OFFENSES REPORTED TO THE POLICE OR ROYAL MARECHAUSSEE IN OCTOBER 1977 ACCORDING TO PROVINCE, MUNICIPALITY, AND OFFENSE TYPE; NONINDICTABLE OFFENSES FOR WHICH OFFICIAL REPORTS WERE WRITTEN OR FINES PAID IN OCTOBER 1977; OFFICIALLY REPORTED CASES INVOLVING APPLICATION OF THE ECONOMIC OFFENSES ACT AND CRIMINAL CASES IN COURTS AND APPEALS COURTS DURING THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1977; AND FIRES IN SEPTEMBER AND THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1977 ACCORDING TO PROVINCE, MUNICIPALITY, OBJECT, LOSSES, INSURANCE, AND FIRE ORIGIN. GRAPHS SHOW TRENDS IN CRIMES KNOWN TO THE POLICE BY MONTH IN 1977, IN OFFICIAL REPORTS FOR NONINDICTABLE CRIMES DURING 1977, AND IN BANKRUPTCIES FROM 1973 TO NOVEMBER 1977. -- IN DUTCH.