caa a22 4500 475765117 CHVBK 20180406123603.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170329e20000301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1023/A:1008741026135 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1023/A:1008741026135 Barclay Gordon Research Development Statistics Directorate, Home Office, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, SW1H 9AT, London, U.K. aut The Comparability of Data on Convictions and Sanctions: Are International Comparisons Possible? [Elektronische Daten] [Gordon Barclay] This article looks at the availability of data on convictions and on sanctions and measures in European countries, on the basis of the European Sourcebook data. It emphasises the limitations in the use that can currently be made of this data, although it has a wide potential in helping to understand criminal justice policy. The differences are, for instance, to be found in offence definitions, statistical rules, and political changes. Moreover the data collection for the Sourcebook on the four categories of sanctions/measures (fines, non-custodial sentences, suspended custodial sentences and unsuspended custodial sentences) was sometimes difficult. Attention is paid to the information collected, the comparability and, as an illustration, to three specific offences (completed homicide, rape and all thefts). The conclusion is that wide differences exist in the level of convictions found and the use of sanctions by the courts. Such differences will reflect both different levels of criminality, diversion away from the courts but also different recording practices. However, even with these caveats what is available does provide a useful starting point in identifying countries on which further research may be carried out. Kluwer Academic Publishers, 2000 comparative research nationallicence crime statistics nationallicence homicide nationallicence rape nationallicence sentencing nationallicence theft nationallicence European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/1(2000-03-01), 13-26 0928-1371 8:1<13 2000 8 10610 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008741026135 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1008741026135 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Barclay Gordon Research Development Statistics Directorate, Home Office, 50 Queen Anne's Gate, SW1H 9AT, London, U.K aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- European Journal on Criminal Policy and Research Kluwer Academic Publishers 8/1(2000-03-01), 13-26 0928-1371 8:1<13 2000 8 10610 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer