NCJ Number
106156
Date Published
1985
Length
139 pages
Annotation
On the basis of information provided by 21 countries responding to the 1982 United Nations Survey of Crime Trends, Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, and Crime Prevention Strategies, this report describes the main characteristics of each criminal justice system and analyzes how the systems work.
Abstract
Among general conclusions and recommendations on crime control policy derived from the survey are a determination that reported crime has increased, the absence of a clear relationship between criminal justice resources and the crime problem, and the need for alternative crime control means. The report also recommends ways to improve criminal justice data obtained by the United Nations from member countries. The report gives a cross-national analysis of criminal justice system operations, analyzing case flow through an idealized version of the criminal justice system. Procedural stages encompass offense commission, reporting and recording, investigation, prosecution, adjudication, and corrections. Also presented are statistics and information on criminal justice systems in Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, England and Wales, West Germany, Finland, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Poland, Romania, Scotland, Spain, Sweden, and Yugoslavia.