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NCJ Number:	141766

Title:	Police Crime Statistics, Nordrhein Westfalen, 1991

Corporate Author:	Statistisches Bundesamt Germany (Unified)

Date Published:	1992

Page Count:	268

Sponsoring Agency:	Statistisches Bundesamt Wiesbaden, D-6200, Germany United

Sale Source:	Statistisches Bundesamt Gustav Stresemannring II Wiesbaden, D-6200, Germany (Unified)

Type:	Statistics

Language:	German

Country:	Germany (Unified)

Annotation:	This uniform crime statistics of the West German state of Nordrhein-Westfalen focuses on crimes and attempted crimes which have actually come to the attention of the police.

Abstract:	Published annually by each West German state, its purpose is to aid in crime prevention and repression, organizational planning, criminological research, and policymaking. The first section provides an overall survey of criminal activity in Nordrhein-Westfalen including crimes in the different counties and surveys on crime developments from 1972 to 1991. The following short sections focus on specific issues such as political offenses, drug offenses, and high crime areas. The detailed section on suspects of crimes includes information on age and gender, nationality, employment status, intoxication or addiction involved in the crime, and juvenile suspects. The following section analyzes the situation of specific major offense categories such as homicide, rape, robbery, larceny, and environmental offenses. The statistics conclude with charts on missing persons, suicides, and convicted offenders.

Main Term(s):	Police statistics

Index Term(s):	International crime statistics; State-by-state analyses

Note:	US Department of Justice, Bureau of Justice Statistics, International Crime Statistics Program



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