Data tables show the convictions and cases tried in 1978 according to offense types, judgments made, and age of the offender; cases tried by main crime categories and measures imposed for education or security; convictions by main crime categories and further crime effects; and figures on pretrial detention and judgments against convicted offenders. Statistics on offenders tried under the general criminal code are broken down by main groups of offenses, types of judgments, and separate judgment categories. Data on convictions indicate main groups of offenses, number and amounts of daily rates for monetary fines, and prior convictions. Figures on juveniles tried and convicted cover main groups of offenses, types of judgments, separate offenses, types of penalties, and prior convictions. An appendix provides an extensive list of the offense types prosecuted in 1978 and general figures on the size of the population subject to prosecution by age. --in German.