OFFENSE STATISTICS LIST GENERAL AND NONINDICATABLE OFFENSES REPORTED IN FEBRUARY 1979 TO THE POLICE AND THE ROYAL MARECHAUSSEEE (MILITARY POLICE) ACCORDING TO PROVINCE, GROUPS OF MUNICIPALITIES, AND OFFENSE TYPES. COURT STATISTICS INCLUDE CASES BEFORE COURTS, SETTLEMENT OF CASES IN DISTRICT COURTS BY THE PUBLIC PROSECTOR AND JUDGES, PENALTIES IMPOSED BY THE COURT OF FIRST INSTANCE, CASES IN MILITARY AND MILITARY APPEALS COURTS, AND KINDS OF OFFENSES IN MILITARY COURTS. THE NUMBER OF PERSONS TAKEN INTO CUSTODY, THE DURATION OF CUSTODY, AND CUSTODIES BY COURT JURISDICTION IN 1978 ARE GIVEN. SHOPLIFTING DATA FOR THE FIRST THREE QUARTERS OF 1979 SHOW SHOPLIFTING OFFENSES REPORTED AND NOT REPORTED; AGE, SEX, NATIONALITY, AND PLACE OF OFFENDER RESIDENCE; AND VALUE OF GOODS STOLEN. A GRAPH TRACES THE MONTHLY COURSE OF BANKRUPTCIES FROM 1975 TO APRIL 1979. BANKRUPTCY STATISTICS FOR THE FIRST QUARTER OF 1977, 1978, AND 1979 ARE COMPARED BY PROVINCE, THE 17 LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES, AND BY PROFESSION. FIRES IN FEBRUARY 1979, ARE TALLIED BY PROVINCE, THE LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES, AND DAMAGES TO VARIOUS KINDS OF OBJECTS. ASSISTANCE RENDERED BY FIRE DEPARTMENTS IN 1978 IS BROKEN DOWN BY PROVINCE, THE 17 LARGEST MUNICIPALITIES, OBJECT BURNED, AND THE NUMBER OF PERSONS SAVED OR INJURED. --IN DUTCH.