European Inter-State Co-Operation in Criminal Matters The Council of Europe's Legal Instruments

This succesful second edition contains the key findings of a 1989 international crime survey carried out in the following countries: Australia, Belgium, Canada, England & Wales, Federal Republic of Germany, Finland, France, The Netherlands, Northern Ireland, Norway, Scotland, Spain, Switzerland & the USA. The survey indicated the levels & patterns of criminal victimization in the various countries. The book enables the reader to compare the situations relating to crime levels in other countries & explains major differences in crime experience in terms of, for instance, socio-demographic variables. It also provides an overview of the extent to which survey-measured crime in different countries matches the offences recorded by the police. An examination of the types of crime is given & information on responses to crime in different countries, such as opinions about the police, appropriate sentences, fear of crime, & the use of various crime prevention measures is discussed.Muller-Rappard, Ekkehart is the author of 'European Inter-State Co-Operation in Criminal Matters The Council of Europe's Legal Instruments', published 1992 under ISBN 9780792320968 and ISBN 0792320964.