CONSIDERING THE PERSON OF THE ACCUSED...

• NCJ Number: 20517
• Journal: NEDERLANDS TIJDSCHRIFTVOOR CRIMINOLOGIE Dated: (DECEMBER), 1976) Pages: 273-287
• Author(s): R Jongman; T Schilt
• Date Published: 1976
• Length: 15 pages
• Corporate Author: J A Boom En Zoon
• Publication Format: Article
• Publication Type: Report (Study/Research)
• Country: Netherlands

Annotation

REPORT ON A SERIES OF RESEARCH PROJECTS WHICH EXAMINED THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN SOCIAL CLASS AND ARREST, PROSECUTION, AND SENTENCING POLICIES IN THE NETHERLANDS.

Abstract

POLICY RESEARCH IS BASED ON 3450 SENTENCES HANDED DOWN TO MALES BETWEEN 18-25 YEARS OF AGE WHO WERE CONVICTED OF LARCENY. THE SOCIAL VARIABLES ANALYZED INCLUDED: RECIDIVISM, MARITAL STATUS, OCCUPATION, NATIONALITY, IMMIGRATION STATUS, SOCIAL CLASS, AND WHETHER THE PERSON LIVED ALONE OR WITH OTHERS. RESULTS INDICATED DIFFERENCES IN THE TYPE OF SENTENCE (IMPRISONMENT, SUSPENDED SENTENCE, FINE) FOR DIFFERENT SOCIAL CLASSES. THE MOST IMPORTANT FACTORS DETERMINING THE SENTENCE WERE RECIDIVISM, SOCIAL, CLASS, AND EMPLOYMENT STATUS. SOUTH MOLUCCANS, APPEARED TO BE SENTENCED SIMILARLY TO DUTCH PERSONS, BUT THE SURINAMESE ARE MORE LIKELY TO BE GIVEN A PRISON SENTENCE. --IN DUTCH...ELW