Research Guides: Mass Incarceration and Prisoner Reentry: Europe

Data on European Countries

European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics 2014: With 2017 amendments.

SPACE 1: Council of Europe Annual Penal Statistics: Data on prison populations and the penal institutions in which they are held for Council of Europe countries. Annual reports from 1998 to the present.

SPACE 2: Council of Europes Annual Penal Statistics: Data on persons serving non-custodial and semi-custodial sanctions and measures (Persons under the supervision of probation agencies). Annual reports from 1999 to the present.

European Judicial Systems: CEPEJ Evaluation Report: Part 2: Country Profiles: European Commission for the Efficiency of Justice, 2022.; "49 different country profiles for all Council of Europe member States/entities participating in this evaluation cycle and 3 observer countries. These country profiles present the key elements of information allowing to understand the functioning of the judicial system of each member State/entity or observer State. "

Eurostat: Crime and Criminal Justice: Includes Police-recorded offences by type of crime; Homicide victims by age, gender, and relationship to offender; Offenders by justice process stage (suspected, prosecuted, convicted) and by age and gender; Personnel by institution (police, prosecution, courts, and prisons) by gender; Legal cases by type and stage; Prisoners by age, gender and citizenship; Prison capacity and occupancy. Data for EU Member States, the United Kingdom, EFTA Countries, EU Candidate Countries, and EU Potential Candidates."