Serbia took part in the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics project in 2012 for the first time. This year it takes part in the sixth edition of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics. For this edition the ESB is collaborating with the Council of Europe in the framework of the project LINCS (Linking International Criminal Statistics). The data for Serbia is collected from the Ministry of Interior (police statistics), Republic Prosecutor’s Office (prosecution statistics), Serbian Statistics Bureau (conviction statistics) and the Ministry of Justice – Department for the Execution of Criminal Sanctions (correctional statistics). The aim of the paper is to present experience of Serbia in collecting the data on crime and criminal justice for the sixth edition of the European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics and to compare it to previous experience. Additionally, some observations related to the police, prosecution and conviction statistics, as well as noticed shortcomings and limitations in the system of crime recording in Serbia will be discussed as well.
Sanja Ćopić (Mon,) studied this question.