Criminal offence

Domain : Demographic and social statistics

Circuit : Justice and crime

Modified : 2013-28-06

Term

Criminal offence

Area of use

Crime and Justice

Definition

A wrongful act with characteristics defined in the Penal Code. Data on crime include both completed criminal offences and attempted criminal offences. An attempted criminal offence is an action directly leading to the completion of a criminal offence performed by an offender with the intent to commit a criminal offence, which has not been completed.

Source

Statistical Office of the SR

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Method of calculation
Legal basis

Act 300/2005 Coll., CRIMINAL CODE

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