Cross sectional topics

The structure of the topic "crime and criminal justice" is built on the currently collected data. It is organised according to the institutional built up of the crime and judicial procedure, e.g. from police crime recording to judicial treatment of offenders and to the persons sentenced to emprisonment. Every institution provides data for a separate recording and presentation of data.

However, to treat in a comprehensive way a subject such as violence or traffic offences, information on all steps of the process of treatment of offenders must be considered. Such analyses are presented in the "cross sectional topic".