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Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen

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Table K.8.1: Disposal categories – results from final version, part 1<br />

+ =Included<br />

- =Excluded<br />

Cases brought<br />

before a court<br />

(e.g.indictment,<br />

acte<br />

d’accusation,<br />

Anklageschrift)<br />

Sanctions<br />

imposed by the<br />

prosecutor (or<br />

by the court,<br />

but on application<br />

of the<br />

prosecutor <strong>and</strong><br />

without a<br />

formal court<br />

hearing) that<br />

lead to a<br />

formal verdict<br />

<strong>and</strong> count as a<br />

conviction<br />

Conditional<br />

disposals by<br />

the prosecutor<br />

without formal<br />

verdict (i.e. the<br />

case is<br />

dropped when<br />

condition is<br />

met by the<br />

suspect)<br />

Proceedings<br />

dropped in<br />

combination<br />

with a cautioning<br />

of the<br />

suspect<br />

Prosecution<br />

Proceedings<br />

dropped<br />

unconditionally<br />

due to lack of<br />

public interest<br />

or for efficiency<br />

reasons<br />

Albania + … … … …<br />

Armenia + - + + +<br />

Austria + + + + +<br />

Belgium + ... + + +<br />

Bulgaria + - + - +<br />

Croatia … … … … …<br />

Cyprus + + + + +<br />

Czech Rep. + + + - +<br />

Denmark ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Estonia + ... + ... +<br />

Finl<strong>and</strong> + + … … +<br />

France + + + + +<br />

Georgia + + + + +<br />

Germany + + + ... +<br />

Greece + - - - -<br />

Hungary + + + + +<br />

Icel<strong>and</strong> + + + + +<br />

Irel<strong>and</strong> + ... ... ... +<br />

Italy ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Latvia + ... ... ... ...<br />

Lithuania + + + - +<br />

Netherl<strong>and</strong>s + … + … +<br />

Pol<strong>and</strong> + ... + ... +<br />

Portugal + ... + ... ...<br />

Russia + ... ... ... ...<br />

Slovakia ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Sweden + + - + +<br />

Switzerl<strong>and</strong> ... ... ... ... ...<br />

Turkey + + + ... ...<br />

Ukraine + + - - -<br />

UK: E. & W. + - - + +<br />

UK: N. Irel. ... ... ... ... ...<br />

UK: Scotl. ... ... ... ... ...

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