Decisions by district courts in criminal cases
Producer: Statistics Finland
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Main topic: Justice
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Official Statistics of Finland (OSF): Yes
European Statistical System (ESS): No
Description
These statistics on criminal cases describe criminal cases instigated and decided by district courts during the year by district court and type of case. As a rule a criminal case is instigated when the prosecutor presents a written application for a summons to the office of a district court. In certain exceptions the prosecutor may also present the summons personally and the case is instigated when the defendant is informed about the summons. The biggest group of criminal cases handled by district courts are traffic offences, almost half of them cases of aggravated drunken driving, followed by offences against property.
Data content
Number of criminal cases decided by district courts, time taken to reach decision, type of decision, composition of deciding court and work account data by offence and court. The work accounts contains numbers of consolidated, transferred and returned cases. On cases recorded in the Sakari case management system of the Judicial Administration, also data on times taken by pre-trial investigation, consideration of charges and the whole criminal procedure – from the day of the crime to district court’s decision.
Classifications used
Set of district court codes, Nomenclature of criminal offences (3-digit level).
Data collection methods and data sources
The Sakari case management system of criminal offences handled by prosecutors and courts of first instance, transmitted by the information technology centre of the Judicial Administration.
Updating frequency
Annually.
Time of completion or release
Final data are ready in May of the year following the statistical reference year.
Time series
The statistics are available starting from 1978.
Keywords
courts, courts of justice, criminal matters, district courts
Contact information
http://tilastokeskus.fi/til/koikrr/yht_en.html
Last updated 12.02.2016