The chapter on police statistics presents information on offenses recorded by the police in each country, the number and characteristics of suspected offenders, and the number of police staff. The offenses covered are homicide, assault, rape, robbery, theft, theft of a motor vehicle, burglary, and drug offenses. The percentage of change between 2000 and 2003 for each type of offense is shown. Offenders per 100,000 population are presented for each offense by country. Regarding the chapter on prosecution statistics, no new data have been collected on the Public Prosecution Service (PPS) for this edition. Data up to the year 2000 are presented from the second edition of this publication. Given the problems encountered in collecting data in this area, this report recommends the development of an improved instrument for collecting data on the PPS throughout Europe. The chapter on conviction statistics presents information on the type of offense (2000-2003) for which the conviction was obtained as well as the sex, age, and nationality of the offenders (2003). Thirty-four countries submitted these statistics. Conviction data address total crimes, traffic offenses, homicides (excluding attempts), assault, rape, total thefts, and drug trafficking. The chapter on corrections statistics presents data on custodial sanctions for the years 2000-2003. It also briefly reviews the data available on recidivism. Data are provided on the total prison population; the percentage of pretrial detainees; the percentages of women, aliens, and persons under the age of 18 imprisoned; and the persons imprisoned for violent offenses (homicide, assault, rape, and robbery), theft, and drug offenses. This chapter discusses some of the methodological issues and common features of the results from available reconviction studies. Extensive tables