Browsing by Author "Elsner, Beatrix"

Die Untersuchung setzt bei dem Problem der Folgenbewältigung justizieller Überlastung im deutschen Strafverfahren an. Als Ausweg aus der bestehenden Arbeitsüberlastung der Gerichte und Staatsanwaltschaften durch die steigende Zahl aburteilungsfähiger Strafverfahren bietet sich an, Kompetenzen der Staatsanwaltschaft im Kleinkriminalitätsbereich auf die Polizei zu übertragen. Dadurch könnten für die Staatsanwaltschaften mehr Arbeitskapazitäten im Bereich schwerer Kriminalität entstehen. So befasst sich die Arbeit mit dem Zusammenspiel zwischen Staatsanwaltschaft und Polizei im Bereich der Straftatenermittlung wie auch der verfahrensbeendenden Entscheidungen im deutschen und niederländischen Strafverfahren. Sie mündet in einen am niederländischen Strafverfahren orientierten Gesetzesvorschlag, der es im Bereich von Bagatellkriminalität erlaubt, der Polizei die Befugnis zur Verfahrensbeendigung mit einer Geldauflage zu übertragen. Die Autorin ist wiss. Mitarbeiterin am Institut für Kriminalwissenschaften - Abteilung für Kriminologie, Jugendstrafrecht und Strafvollzug - der Georg-August-Universität Göttingen.

This article refers to the function of the Police within the criminal justice systems in various European countries. It focuses on the legal and practical possibilities of the Police to either end criminal cases autonomously or to contribute to the final Public Prosecution Service decisions or at the end of the investigative stage. Normally Police hand on evidentially sufficient cases to the Public Prosecution Service at least at the end of the investigatory stage in all countries. Nevertheless, in almost all countries ways have been found to either legally or factually reduce PPS workload by giving Police some sort of case-ending decisions.

The article concentrates on the police role in the investigative stage in various criminal justice systems and the relationship with each national prosecution service. It is shown that in this respect the police function varies significantly from country to country. According to its legal competencies and factual procedural possibilities, the article will give a short overview of the national differences but also show that similar mechanisms are developed.

This article presents the aims, approach and design of a 11 countries study on diversion and prosecution in European Criminal Justice Systems. The basic assumption is that the flood of proceedings is mastered by procedural short cuts and simplifications with the public prosecutor as the key player. The article describes the methods developed in order to compare the different national concepts and and competencies of criminal justice agencies and procedures. Furthermore, it demonstrates the interdependencies of the various articles in this double issue focusing on different parts of the criminal justice system from police to the court.

The article presents a special form of a European comparative synopsis. For this case examples have been chosen ranging from administrative or minor (criminal) offences to increasingly serious offences and offenders. In this way it can be comparatively demonstrated how the criminal justice systems studied handle specific cases and whether they do so in a similar or different way.

This article gives a brief overview of the division of roles during the investigative stage between Court, Public Prosecution Service (PPS) and Police. It explains the role either an Examining Magistrate or an Investigative Judge plays in Croatia, France, Germany, the Netherlands and Spain, presenting his/her functions and involvement in criminal investigation and especially focussing on which actions require his/her approval.