24th October 2003
This bulletin brings together statistical information on criminal justice collected by the Home Office and the Council of Europe. The data covers all the European Union Member States, the EU accession countries and selected other countries.
The data in this bulletin covers the period up to 2001 but more recent information for England & Wales covering the period up to 2002/2003 was published in July 2003.
By Gordon Barclay & Cynthia Tavares with Sally Kenny, Arsalaan Siddique & Emma Wilby
Respect for rights in the penal system with prison as a last resort.