WEST GERMANY - JUVENILE CRIMINOLOGICAL OBSERVATIONS ON CONVICTION STATISTICS, 1972

• NCJ Number: 16331
• Journal: Monatsschrift fuer Kriminologie und Strafrechtsreform Volume: 57 Issue: 6 Dated: (DECEMBER 1974) Pages: 325-329
• Author(s): F SCHAFFSTEIN
• Date Published: 1974
• Length: 5 pages
• Corporate Author: Carl Heymanns Verlag
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: German
• Country: West Germany (Former)

Annotation

DISCUSSION OF SOME MAJOR TRENDS IN WEST GERMAN JUVENILE CRIMINALITY AND IN ITS TREATMENT BY THE COURTS, BASED ON THE FEDERAL STATISTICS ON CRIME AND CONVICTIONS FOR 1972.

Abstract

A DECREASE IN THE NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS OF JUVENILES IN 1972 BROKE A GENERAL TREND SINCE 1954 OF INCREASING CONVICTIONS. INCREASES IN THE NUMBER OF CONVICTIONS OF MORE THAN ONE YEAR OF INCARCERATION CONTINUED A TREND SINCE 1969. THE NUMBER OF SENTENCES TO JUVENILE DETENTION (JUGENDARREST) HAS BEEN DECREASING SINCE 1969 WHILE MONETARY FINES HAVE INCREASED. ALSO DISCUSSED ARE TRENDS IN SPECIFIC OFFENSES. --IN GERMAN