NCJ Number
69263
Date Published
1980
Length
60 pages
Annotation
DUTCH JUDICIAL STATISTICS ON CRIMINAL, CIVIL, AND ADMINISTRATIVE CASES DECIDED IN 1976 ARE REPORTED.
Abstract
DATA TABLES INDICATE THE NUMBER OF CRIMINAL CASES TRIED AT VARIOUS COURT LEVELS IN THE DUTCH COURT DISTRICTS FOR THE YEARS 1974 TO 1976 ACCORDING TO BROAD CATEGORIES OF CASE TYPES. DATA IS ALSO SUPPLIED ON CASES BEFORE MILITARY COURTS. INFORMATION ON CIVIL CASES FROM 1974 TO 1976 SHOWS THE NUMBER OF CASES AT THE VARIOUS COURT LEVELS AND THE MANNER OF CASE SETTLEMENT. DATA ON ADMINISTRATIVE DECISIONS LIST THE NUMBER OF DECISIONS AND KIND OF SETTLEMENT IN THE AREAS OF SOCIAL INSURANCE LAW, PENSION LAW, GOVERNMENT SERVICE, TAX MATTERS, ACTIONS OF BUSINESS ORGANIZATIONS UNDER PUBLIC LAW, AND MATTERS OF THE COUNCIL OF STATE. ALSO INCLUDED ARE DATA ON THE NUMBER AND ORIGIN OF EXTRADITION REQUESTS TO THE NETHERLANDS FROM 1974 TO 1976 AND ON THE STAFF OF CIVIL COURTS, MILITARY COURTS, AND ADMINISTRATIVE BODIES WITH LEGAL DECISIONMAKING FUNCTIONS IN 1976. FURTHER TABLES CONTAIN DATA ON NUMBERS, TYPES, AND COURSES OF CASES AT THE SUPREME COURT, THE COURTS OF JUSTICE, DISTRICT COURTS, AND MAGISTRATE'S COURTS. A GRAPH TRACES TRENDS IN THE NUMBER OF CRIMES REPORTED TO THE POLICE, REPORTED CRIMES IN WHICH SUSPECTS HAVE BEEN APPREHENDED, AND CASES BROUGHT TO COURT FROM 1960 TO 1977.