ISBN:
9783540339632
Language:
English
Pages:
Online-Ressource (VIII, 333 p, digital)
Series Statement:
SpringerLink
Series Statement:
Bücher
Parallel Title:
Buchausg. u.d.T. Jehle, Jörg-Martin, 1949 - Coping with overloaded criminal justice systems
Keywords:
Criminal Law
;
Public law
;
Criminology
;
Law
;
Criminal Law
;
Law
;
Public law
;
Criminology
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Konferenzschrift 2005
;
Europa
;
Strafverfolgung
;
Europa
;
Strafverfahrensrecht
Abstract:
"This book describes the results of a six-nation study of how criminal justice agencies in England and Wales, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden have reacted to high crime rates and punitiveness. The book details how various solutions have been adopted, involving diversion of cases from courts, increases in financial penalties imposed by police or prosecutors without full court hearings and the introduction in some countries of ""administrative offences""."
Abstract:
Heightened crime rates across Europe have led to increased workloads for police, prosecution and courts systems. This book describes the results of a six-nation study of how criminal justice agencies in England and Wales, France, Germany, Netherlands, Poland, and Sweden have reacted to high crime rates and punitiveness
Description / Table of Contents:
The Function of Public Prosecution within the Criminal Justice System; The Power to Decide - Prosecutorial Control, Diversion and Punishment in European Criminal Justice Systems Today; Dealing with Various Offence Types in Different Criminal Justice Systems - Case Examples; The Prosecution Service Function within the English Criminal Justice System; The Prosecution Service Function within the French Criminal Justice System; The Prosecution Service Function within the German Criminal Justice System; The Prosecution Service Function within the Dutch Criminal Justice System
Description / Table of Contents:
The Prosecution Service Function within the Polish Criminal Justice SystemThe Prosecution Service Function within the Swedish Criminal Justice System
Note:
"The publication of the book was sponsored by the European Commission (AGIS Programm 2005). The research project was funded by the Fritz Thyssen Stiftung"--T.p. verso
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Includes bibliographical references
DOI:
10.1007/978-3-540-33963-2
URL:
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