A Country Study (Library of Congress)
lcweb2.loc.gov/frd/cs/bgtoc.html
The Country Study presents a description and analysis of the historical setting and the social, economic, political and national security systems and institutions of Bulgaria.
Crime Trends in Bulgaria 2000-2005
oldwww.csd.bg/fileSrc.php?id=1799
The report for a second consecutive year presents information about Bulgaria’s crime rate from an alternative source - victimization surveys - and attempts to make a systematic comparison of the crime level according to victim-reported crime and police crime data. The crime situation in Bulgaria is also compared to crime in a number of European countries. The findings of three national crime victims surveys, referred to throughout this report as National Crime Surveys (NCS), offer an opportunity to assess street crime in Bulgaria in the period 2000–2005.
National
Statistical Institute
www.nsi.bg/Index_e.htm
Includes standard demographic
information. Site has English and Bulgarian versions.
Social
Statistics: Criminality - National Statistical Institute
www.nsi.bg/socialactivities_e/crimelist.htm
Presents the following reports: Anti-Social Acts of Minor and Juvenile Persons; and Crimes with Penalty Inflicted and Persons Convicted.
World
Factbook of
Criminal Justice Systems, Bulgaria
www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/wfbcjbul.txt
Provides a narrative description of the criminal justice system of Bulgaria. Forty-two other country descriptions are written to a common template so that comparisons of similar functions in different countries can be made easily.
Group of States against Corruption (GRECO) - Council of Europe
GRECO evaluation procedures involve the collection of information through questionnaire(s), on-site country visits enabling evaluation teams to solicit further information during high-level discussions with domestic key players, and drafting of evaluation reports. These reports, which are examined and adopted by GRECO, contain recommendations to the evaluated countries in order to improve their level of compliance with the provisions under consideration. Measures taken to implement recommendations are subsequently assessed by GRECO under a separate compliance procedure
European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction - Country Overview
www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/country-overviews/bg
This overview presents a comprehensive overview of the drugs situation in Bulgaria. Topics covered in the country overview include: drug use among the general population and young people, prevention, problem drug use, treatment demand, drug-related infectious diseases, drug-related deaths, treatment responses, harm reduction responses, drug markets and drug-related offences, national drug laws, national drug strategy, coordination mechanism in the field of drugs and drug-related research. Also included in the country report are key statistics on the drug situation and a barometer that indicates the prevalence profile and relative rating of the country.
The
Drug Market in
Bulgaria
www.csd.bg/artShow.php?id=1277
This report by the Center for the Study of Democracy discusses the genesis of drug use and abuse in Bulgaria and the structure and organization of drug distribution in Bulgaria.
An overview of the current human rights status of Bulgaria as determined by the Amnesty International Report. In Arabic, English, French, and Spanish.
Annual Reports to Congress on International Religious Freedom - Bulgaria
These reports, produced by the U.S. Department of State, describe the status of religious freedom in Bulgaria, government policies violating religious belief and practices of groups, religious denominations, and individuals, and U.S. policies to promote religious freedom around the world. It is submitted in compliance with the International Religious Freedom Act of 1998.
Freedom Watch - Political Rights and Civil Liberties
www.freedomhouse.org/template.cfm?page=22&country=7144&year=2007
Country report including basis political, economic, and social data arranged in the following categories: population, gross national income per capita (GNI/per capita), life-expectancy, religious groups, ethnic groups, captial, political rights, civil liberties, status, and a ten-year ratings timeline. Includes reports from 2002-2007.
National Statistical Institute Table: Crimes with Penalty Inflicted and Persons Convicted (Basic Data) 2000 - 2008
www.nsi.bg/ZActual_e/BasicCrime08.htm
These tables present data from 2000 to 2008 on the following subjects: crimes according to the results of the proceedings, crimes with penalty inflicted, crimes with penalty inflicted by type of crime, persons convicted by type of crime, age and sex characteristics of those convicted. In English.
This report by the Center for the Study of Democracy uses a crime victimization survey to assess the crime situation in Bulgaria from 2001-2004. Report is in PDf format. Written in English.