DECREASE IN THE POPULATION OF DUTCH PENITENTIARY ESTABLISHMENTS - CAUSES AND CONSEQUENCES

• NCJ Number: 16407
• Author(s): ANON
• Date Published: 1973
• Length: 12 pages
• Corporate Author: Netherlands Ministerie Van Justice
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: Netherlands

Annotation

BRIEF REVIEW OF STATISTICAL, ORGANIZATIONAL, AND OPERATIONAL FEATURES OF LAWS, COURTS, AND CORRECTIONS IN THE NETHERLANDS WHICH ARE RELATED TO THE DECREASE.

Abstract

IN 1973 THE AVERAGE DAILY NUMBER OF PRISONERS IN THE COUNTRY WAS 2,650. THIS IS 19 OR 20 PRISONERS PER 100,000 INHABITANTS. THE NUMBER OF PRISONERS HAS BEEN DECREASING SINCE 1967. FACTORS ACCOUNTING TO THE DECREASE INCLUDE SHORTER SENTENCES, DECRIMINALIZATION OF CERTAIN OFFENSES, AND COMMUNITY-BASED CORRECTIONS.