Justice statistics in the public service. Courts efficiency and public criminology

• Authors: Paweł Ostaszewski

Title variants

PL

Statystyki sądowe w służbie publicznej. Efektywność sądów i kryminologia publiczna

• Languages of publication: EN

Abstracts

EN

How criminological are statistics of justice? How useful are courts efficiency data? How the public and public administration uses abuses this data? Paper is focused on the problems of collecting, processing and presenting statistical data on justice system for the purposes of the system itself, as well as for criminology. It considers five issues: public criminology and public statistics, so called standard criminological statistics, such as recorded crime, suspect, convicted, penalties, penal measures, prisoners etc., Polish Ministry of Justice statistics (if they are criminological or not or which of them could be interesting for criminologists) and results of current research of Economic Analysis of Justice Unit in Polish Institute of Justice. It was interesting how official statistics concerning courts efficiency are used and maybe abused in public debates, in criminology, criminal policy, and public media.

Keywords

EN

public criminology; criminological statistics; court statistics

• Publisher: Polskie Towarzystwo Kryminologiczne im. prof. Stanisława Batawii
• Journal: Biuletyn Polskiego Towarzystwa Kryminologicznego im. prof. Stanisława Batawii
• Year: 2018
• Volume: 25
• Pages: 164-170

Contributors

author

Paweł Ostaszewski

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