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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<strong>Criminal</strong> <strong>Offences</strong> Total 25<br />
4. Final questionnaire <strong>and</strong> evaluation<br />
In the draft of the final questionnaire the definition of criminal offences total was<br />
changed. Now it was proposed to only include certain minor offences like minor<br />
theft, but to exclude the rest of the offences subject to proceedings outside the<br />
criminal justice system. As a consequence, “include: minor theft” was added to the<br />
definition of theft <strong>and</strong> “include: minor fraud” to the definition of fraud.<br />
The new definition was discussed <strong>and</strong> the group agreed to use it for the final<br />
questionnaire. It had the following wording:<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 whether included or<br />
excluded:<br />
in pol. stats. in conv.<br />
stats.<br />
incl. excl. incl. excl.<br />
Include the following:<br />
minor theft <strong>and</strong> other minor property offences<br />
(even if subject to proceedings outside the criminal justice<br />
system)<br />
minor assault <strong>and</strong> other minor violent offences<br />
(even if subject to proceedings outside the criminal justice<br />
system)<br />
criminal offences committed by juveniles<br />
major traffic offences (e.g. drunk driving)<br />
all other criminal offences subject to criminal proceedings<br />
Exclude the following:<br />
minor traffic offences (e.g. parking offences)<br />
breaches of public order regulations<br />
all other minor offences subject to proceedings outside the<br />
criminal justice system, even if defined as criminal by the<br />
law (i.e. misdemeanors, contraventions, wykroczenia,<br />
faltas)<br />
In all offence tables of the final questionnaire, it was asked for data on criminal<br />
offences total <strong>and</strong> the sub-category of “Major traffic offences”. On police level,<br />
there were some more categories added to cover the issue of offences proceeded<br />
outside the criminal justice system. There were two sub-categories added to crimi-
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