Defining and Registering Criminal Offences and Measures - Oapen

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5. Additional questionnaire and evaluation
In the additional questionnaire, it was asked whether the different concepts on the
include / exclude list were separately identifiable in criminal law. The relevant part
of the questionnaire had the following wording:
In principle, all offences defined as criminal by the law should be included. But there are
some countries which follow a minor offence concept either excluding them from the criminal
code (for example the wykroczenia in Poland in cases of minor thefts etc.) or making them subject
to special proceedings (for example most contraventions in France which are handled by the
police only) outside the criminal justice system. Sometimes they are recorded in police statistics,
sometimes not.
Total criminal offences recorded by the police
Please indicate
whether these items
are separately identifiable
in criminal
law:
Yes No Remarks
Include the following:
minor theft and other minor property offences
(even if subject to proceedings outside the criminal justice system)
minor assault and other minor violent offences
(even if subject to proceedings outside the criminal justice system)
criminal offences committed by juveniles
major traffic offences (e.g. drunk driving)
all other criminal offences subject to criminal proceedings
Exclude the following:
minor traffic offences (e.g. parking offences)
breaches of public order regulations
all other minor offences subject to proceedings outside the criminal
justice system, even if defined as criminal by the law (i.e. misdemeanors,
contraventions, wykroczenia, faltas)