When the line is crossed...: paths to control and sanction behaviour necessitating a state reaction

The article presents a special form of a European comparative synopsis. For this case examples have been chosen ranging from administrative or minor (criminal) offences to increasingly serious offences and offenders. In this way it can be comparatively demonstrated how the criminal justice systems studied handle specific cases and whether they do so in a similar or different way

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics - 2006

This third edition is a partial update of the second edition (2003) and covers the years 2000-2003. The European Sourcebook is divided into five chapters: Police data, Prosecution statistics, Conviction statistics and Correctional statistics. Each chapter is devided in four sections: General comments, Tables, Technical Information and Sources. CONTENT: 1. The European Sourcebook Project / Police statistics 2. Prosecution statistics 3. Conviction statistics 4. Correctional statistic