NCJ Number
235125
Editor(s)
Eira Mykkanen
Date Published
2011
Length
44 pages
Annotation
This research examines crime, criminality and the functioning of the criminal justice system in Finland.
Abstract
Report summaries include: 1) "Enforcement and Applicability of Supervised Probationary Freedom in Finland" which examines the enforcement of supervised probationary freedom in Finland and the possible needs for elaborating the system; 2) "Crime Trends in Finland" which explores how the societal changes in Finland reflect the statistics on recorded crime; 3) "Precision of Legislation and Its Problems" which focuses on the precision of rules, such as the general versus the specific formulation of legal rule; 4) "Better Regulation - A Critical Assessment" which consists of proceedings from the second International Conference On Legislative Studies held on March 1-2, 2010 in Helsinki; 5) "The Prevalence and Correlates of Being Targeted for Police Control Among Finnish Adolescents" which examines the prevalence, correlates, and nature of police contacts of Finnish adolescents, aged 15 and 16; and 6)"The Precision of Legal Rules: The Doctrine within the Law and Economics Approach And a Critical View on I" which discusses how general or detailed a level legal rules should be formulated.