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Fewer minors suspected of crimes

In 2011 372 thousand crime suspects were registered. That was nearly 3 percent less than the year before.

Young people without basic qualification relatively often heard by the police

Young people without basic qualification are much more often heard by the police than those who have graduated from secondary vocational education level 2 (mbo-2) or higher. Unemployed school drop-outs in particular are relatively often heard by the police.

Integration a step forward with the second generation

The second generation, born in the Netherlands, is starting to become the face of the population with a non-western background in Dutch society

Number of suspects by ethnic origin, provisional figures for 2008 (Dutch only)

At the request of Regioplan, the Centre for Policy Related Statistics has calculated provisional figures for the number of crime suspects in the Netherlands in 2008. The figures are broken down by ethnic origin, sex, first and second generation immigrants and type of crime.The table is comparable with the table Statistics Netherlands publishes in StatLine on crime suspects by ethnic origin. However, these figures are not yet available in StatLine for the year 2008. Figures in the table are provisional as the data source was not yet complete.

Youth 2008 (Dutch only)

This paper presents information on young people (15-26 years) in the Netherlands in 2008. Among other things, it looks at young people in education, with a job and receiving social benefits?

Spending on security growing faster than GDP

Spending on security governance in the Netherlands rose by more than 6 percent per year on average in the period 2002-2008. This was nearly one and a half times the growth rate of the gross domestic product (GDP) in the same period.

Many suspects also victims

Persons suspected of criminal activities one and a half times as often fall victim to criminal offences as people who have never been suspected of criminal activities.

Children of crime suspects more often heard by the police

Young adults whose parents had been crime suspects were more often heard by the police than their peers.

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Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 7-11 July 2008 (Week 28).

Record amount of damages awarded to former suspects

Nearly 23 million euro in damages was paid to former suspects in the Netherlands in 2007. This is nearly twice as much as in 2000.

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Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 30 June-4 July 2008 (Week 27).

More young suspects

In 2005, more than 3 percent of people aged between 12 and 25 were questioned by the police as crime suspects, as against 2 percent five years ago.

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Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 18-22 February 2008 (Week 8).

More financial compensation for former suspects

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Selection of Statistics Netherlands releases in the period 12-16 November 2007 (Week 46).

Sharp increase in extraditions

Less compensation for acquitted suspects

More violence and vandalism by girls

Fewer compensations awarded to former suspects

Ex-suspects awarded nearly 15 million euro in damages in 2002

Former suspects awarded 12 million euro in damages in 2001