Résumé
The papers in this collection discuss the potential uses of data from the UN crime surveys, and provides guidance on its restrictions, pitfalls and strengths.
Contenu
1. Introduction / Kauko Aromaa. -- 2. Trends in criminal justice system resources 1995-2004 / Beata Gruszczynska & Ineke Haen Marshall. -- 3. Trends of recorded crime / Kauko Aromaa & Markku Heiskanen. -- 4. Persons brought into initial contact with the police / Markku Heiskanen. -- 5. Prosecution and courts / Paul Smit. -- 6. Juvenile justice and the United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and Criminal Justice Systems / Steven Malby. -- 7. Trends in prison population 1995-2004 / Roy Walmsley. -- 8. An empirical approach to country clustering / Paul Smit, Ineke Haen Marshall & Mirjam van Gammeren. -- 9. Measuring the influence of statistical counting rules on cross-national differences in recorded crime / Marcelo F. Aebi. -- 10. Trends and methodological aspects in the international collection of crime and criminal justice statistics / Anna Alvazzi del Frate. -- 11. Conclusions / Markku Heiskanen & Kauko Aromaa.