NCJ Number
144247
Date Published
1990
Length
64 pages
Annotation
The National Research Institute of Legal Policy (Helsinki, Finland) published seven research reports in 1989.
Abstract
These reports are summarized here; the subjects include mental patients, criminal patients, and due process; civil cases before the Helsinki City Court during the 1980's; the effects of the reform of the Marriage Act on the number of divorces in Finland and the behavior of divorcing couples; and a study of decisions on summary debt recovery cases in Helsinki in 1980 and 1988. Other research topics include halfway houses and aftercare for released prisoners; changes in the level of theft; and summary payment orders. This report also includes the 1988 annual review of crime and crime control in Finland, as well as a list of articles published in 1989 in connection with the Research Institute's work.