Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen
Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen
Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen
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3. Trial questionnaire <strong>and</strong> evaluation<br />
<strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Offences</strong> Total<br />
It was, however, decided to at least pilot the new definition in the trial ESB questionnaire.<br />
Therefore, the trial questionnaire featured a just slightly modified version<br />
that is reproduced here:<br />
In principle, all offences defined as criminal by the law should be included. But there are<br />
some countries which follow a minor offence concept either excluding them from the criminal<br />
code (for example the wykroczenia in Pol<strong>and</strong> in cases of minor thefts etc.) or making them<br />
subject to special proceedings (for example most contraventions in France which are h<strong>and</strong>led<br />
by the police only) outside the criminal justice system. Sometimes they are recorded in police<br />
statistics, sometimes not.<br />
Total criminal offences recorded by the police<br />
Indicate<br />
whether separatelyidentifiable<br />
in criminal<br />
law<br />
Include the following:<br />
minor offences defined as criminal<br />
by the law (i.e. misdemeanours,<br />
contraventions, wykroczenia, faltas),<br />
but subject to proceedings outside<br />
the criminal justice system<br />
criminal offences committed by<br />
juveniles<br />
major traffic offences (e.g. drunk<br />
driving)<br />
other criminal offences<br />
Exclude the following:<br />
minor traffic offences (e.g. parking<br />
offences)<br />
breaches of public order regulations<br />
(Y/N)<br />
Indicate whether included or<br />
excluded:<br />
in pol. stats. in conv. stats.<br />
incl. excl. incl. excl.<br />
In the tables, it was tried to collect data for the total amount of criminal offences<br />
<strong>and</strong> for the sub-groups “Minor offences defined as criminal by the law, but<br />
subject to criminal proceedings outside the criminal justice system” <strong>and</strong> “Major<br />
traffic offences”.<br />
The results of the trial phase can be seen in tables B.1 <strong>and</strong> B.2. The results<br />
show a quite good agreement with the st<strong>and</strong>ard definition, except with respect to<br />
the minor offences include rule. With respect to minor offences proceeded outside<br />
the criminal justice system, things were even more problematic when looking<br />
at data availability: While all responding countries (except Switzerl<strong>and</strong> for police
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