CRIME IN FINLAND - A STATISTICAL SURVEY

• NCJ Number: 19193
• Author(s): P TORNUDD
• Date Published: 1970
• Length: 35 pages
• Corporate Author: Helsinki Institute of Criminology
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Survey
• Language: English
• Country: Finland

Annotation

OFFENSE AND OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS, CRIME TRENDS, AND FINNISH CRIME IN COMPARISON WITH CRIME RATES OF SELECTED FOREIGN COUNTRIES COMPRISE THE SUBJECT MATTER OF THIS REPORT.

Abstract

OFFENSE AND OFFENDER CHARACTERISTICS ARE BROKEN DOWN BY AGE; THE GROUP ACTIVITY OF OFFENDERS; SEX; THE ECOLOGY OF CRIME; RECIDIVISM; THE CLEARANCE RATE; SOCIAL GROUP; AND SENTENCES. THE CRIME TREND IS EXAMINED OVER THE LONG TERM (STARTING IN 1882) AND FOR THE LAST TWO DECADES.