THE COMMENTARY SECTION OF THE REPORT INCLUDES CHAPTERS ON INDICTABLE OFFENSES REPORTED TO AND CLEARED BY THE POLICE, FINDINGS OF GUILT AND POLICE CAUTIONING, PLEAS AND ACQUITTALS, SENTENCING, APPEALS IN CRIMINAL CASES, LEGAL AID, HOMICIDES, AND INDICTABLE OFFENSES INVOLVING FIREARMS. EACH CHAPTER OFFERS A BRIEF NARRATIVE REVIEW OF STATISTICS INDICATIVE OF TRENDS OVER VARIOUS PERIODS OF TIME. INFORMATION ON REPORTING PROCEDURES IS INCLUDED AS WELL. ACCOMPANYING THE COMMENTARY SECTION ARE DETAILED TABLES FOR 1976 COVERING MAGISTRATES' COURT PROCEEDINGS (BY OFFENSE, SEX, AND RESULT OF PROCEEDINGS); CROWN COURT PROCEEDINGS; PROCEEDINGS FOR ALL COURTS; PUBLIC PROSECUTIONS; MENTALLY DISORDERED OFFENDERS; APPEALS; PARDONS; LEGAL AID; INDICTABLE OFFENSES REPORTED TO POLICE; AND POLICE CAUTIONING. (LKM)