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Periodical article | Leiden University catalogue | WorldCat |
Title: | Comparative Statistics on Crime: Ethiopia and the U.S |
Author: | Brown, Robert L. |
Year: | 1973 |
Periodical: | African Studies Review |
Volume: | 16 |
Issue: | 3 |
Period: | December |
Pages: | 365-403 |
Language: | English |
Geographic term: | Ethiopia |
Subjects: | statistics offences Law, Human Rights and Violence |
External link: | https://www.jstor.org/stable/523511 |
Abstract: | Purpose: 1) to study and discuss statistics on Ethiopia as related to commission of offenses, treatment of offenses at court, and status of the convicted at prisons; 2) to attempt selective comparisons with American data; 3) to discuss analytical interpretations of the findings resulting from the foregoing data. Emphasis is upon the Ethiopian aspects studied. Sections: Statistics and comparisons (adult crime statistics) - Court cases: lodged, decided, appealed - Prison statistics - Discussion and interpretation (theoretical considerations; a brief description of Ethiopian culture; amount and type of offense; treatment of cases at court; interpretation of prison statistics) - Summary and conclusions. Ref., notes, tables. |