Official Crime Statistics and Survey Data : Comparing Trends of Youth Violence between 2000 and 2006 in Cities of the Czech Republic, Germany, Poland, Russia, and Slovenia

Abstract

The article compares trends in officially recorded violent crimes committed by juveniles and results of self-reported surveys between 2000 and 2006 in five European countries.

Keywords

• juvenile delinquency
• robbery
• assault
• attitudes towards violence
• behaviour change
• cross-national comparison