Jörg-Martin Jehle

The goal of the report is to describe the operation of the German criminal justice system and provide the latest available data for each stage of the criminal justice process, from the police level through prosecution, sentencing, probation, and reconviction. Data also describe the penal institutions in Germany, such as the scale and nature of imprisonment and information about prisoners and length of imprisonment. This year's report focuses on the special topic of Offender-Victim Mediation, which has received greater attention in Germany since 1999, quadrupling in use since 1993. The number of crimes recorded by police has risen steadily since 1963; there were 5.3 million recorded crimes in 1993, more than 3 times the number of crimes recorded in 1963. Serious crimes against the person are rare, with only 4 homicides recorded for every 100,000 inhabitants. Once suspects are arrested, crime cases are passed from the police to the Public Prosecution Office, which dealt with 4,766,070 investigative proceedings at the regional and local court level and 2,604 investigative proceedings at the higher regional court level in 2003. Following a description of how the courts are organized and how they process cases, data are offered on the sentencing of adults and juveniles. The number and type of probation orders, as well as the reasons for the probation orders, are reviewed and data on re-conviction is presented that shows only approximately 35 percent of juveniles who were released from prison in 1994 were re-convicted during the 4 years directly following release. Annex, bibliography, tables.

Facts and Figures

Criminal Justice in Germany

Chris Lewis

Paul Smit

Yuji Z. Hashimoto

Tara S. Khan

Olivia Kühn

Lorena Molnar

Rannveig Þórisdóttir

This is the sixth edition of a data collection initiative that started in 1993 under the umbrella of the Council of Europe and has been continued since 2000 by an international group of experts. These experts also act as regional coordinators of a network of national correspondents whose contribution has been decisive in collecting and validating data on a variety of subjects from 42 countries. The Sourcebook is composed of six chapters. The first five cover the current main types of national crime and criminal justice statistics – police, prosecution, conviction, prison, and probation statistics – for the years 2011 to 2016, providing detailed analysis for 2015. The sixth chapter covers national victimization surveys, providing rates for the main indicators every five years from 1990 to 2015. As with every new edition of the Sourcebook, the group has tried to improve data quality as well as comparability and, where appropriate, increase the scope of data collection. This new edition will continue to promote comparative research throughout Europe and make European experiences and data available worldwide.

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics – 2021

Das Verbrechen ist allgegenwärtig in unserer Gesellschaft. Täglich werden wir in den Medien mit fiktionalen Darstellungen und Berichten über reale Fälle von Kriminalität, insbesondere Gewaltkriminalität, konfrontiert. Aber auch im politischen Raum wird Kriminalität wieder verstärkt als wichtiges Problem wahrgenommen. Dieser von momentanen Stimmungen und oberflächlichen Beobachtungen geprägten öffentlichen Debatte soll eine grundlegendere Auseinandersetzung mit dem Verbrechen entgegengesetzt werden. Der vorliegende Band versucht, die für das Thema bedeutsamen (Teil)Disziplinen und inhaltlichen Aspekte zu Wort kommen zu lassen. Er beruht auf der gleichnamigen Ringvorlesung, die im Sommersemester 2019 an der Universität Göttingen stattfand.

Das Verbrechen aus interdisziplinärer Perspektive

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Jörg-Martin Jehle

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