NCJ Number
53953
Date Published
1978
Length
88 pages
Annotation
STATISTICAL DATA ON CRIMINALITY IN THE NETHERLANDS ARE PRESENTED FOR 1974-75, ALONG WITH TRENDS IN CRIME RATES COVERING THE YEARS 1960-75.
Abstract
KEY FIGURES ON CRIMINALITY OVER THE YEARS 1960-1975 AND THE TOTAL POPULATION ACCORDING TO AGE, SEX, PROVINCE, AND TOWN ARE GIVEN. THEY ARE FOLLOWED BY STATISTICAL DATA ON CRIMINAL CASES HEARD BY THE DISTRICT COURTS. INFORMATION IS ALSO PRESENTED ON THE CONDITION AND DEVELOPMENT OF CRIMINALITY, RECIDIVISM, AND REPRESSIVE MEASURES. SEPARATE STATISTICS DEAL WITH CASES HEARD BY THE MILITARY COURTS AND SPECIAL COURTS DEALING WITH MINOR OFFENSES. INFORMATION CONCERNING THE SOURCE FOR THESE STATISTICAL DATA IS MENTIONED, AND CHARTS ON THE NUMBER OF DIFFERENT CONVICTIONS PER 100 ARE INCLUDED. TABLES LIST THE NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CASES HEARD IN THE DISTRICT COURT ACCORDING TO SEX; SENTENCES ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE CRIME AS HANDED DOWN BY THE DISTRICT COURTS; SENTENCES HANDED DOWN BY THE HIGH COURT; CONVICTIONS ACCORDING TO THE PLACE WHERE THE CRIME WAS COMMITTED; DISMISSED CASES ACCORDING TO THE NATURE OF THE CRIME; CASES REPORTED TO THE DISTRICT COURT ACCORDING TO SEX, AGE, AND NATURE OF THE OFFENSE; AND CONVICTIONS ACCORDING TO DEGREE OF RECIDIVISM AND AGE OF THE OFFENDER AT THE TIME OF THE LAST OFFENSE. --IN DUTCH.