Justice and Security

Introduction

The criminal justice system consists of several institutions; the police, public prosecuter, the courts, prison and the non-custodial institutions.

Besides there are institutions like the Child Welfare Board that takes care of cases concerning guardianship, alimony, ect.

The data presented in this publication do not reflect the existing bodies in the field of crime and justice.

These are data collected from administrative files of the different deparments.

The crime statistics cover the crimes reported by the police, figures from the Child Welfare Board and the number of cases denounced.

About the crimes reported to the police it must be said that the statistics do not include figures from all the departments.

Statistics about e.g. drugs and traffic offences are not included.