Administration of Justice


Istituto Nazionale di  Statistica - (National Statistical Institute)
       www.istat.it/english/

Population statistics, economic indicators, and poverty reports are available at this site. Also includes a link to IMF’s statistical pages. In English.

National Criminal Justice Profiles
       www.heuni.fi/uploads/jrrqu.doc

Contains information on the criminal justice system of Italy.

Prison Statistics
       www.giustizia.it/statistiche/statistiche-indice.htm

Provides statistics on prisons as well as organizational charts.

Regional Crime Statistics
       www.poliziadistato.it/pds/lingua/english/index.htm

Provides crime statistics by region in Italy. In English.

World Factbook of Criminal Justice Systems, Italy
       www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/ascii/wfbcjita.txt

Provides a narrative description of the criminal justice system of Italy. Forty-two other country descriptions are written with a common template so that comparisons of similar functions in different countries can be made easily.

Drugs & Alcohol

European Monitoring Centre for Drugs and Drug Addiction (EMCDDA) - Country Overview
       www.emcdda.europa.eu/publications/country-overviews/it

This overview presents a comprehensive overview of the drugs situation in Italy. 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.

Human Rights

Annual Reports to Congress on International Religious Freedom - Italy

These reports, produced by the U.S. Department of State, describe the status of religious freedom in Italy, 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.

Juvenile Justice

First Report on Youth Delinquency in Italy
       www.juvenilejusticepanel.org/resource/items/S/i/SintesiRapporteDevianzaMinorileItaliaEN.doc

This is a summary report published by the Juvenile Justice Department (JJD) of the Ministry of Justice of Italy in December 2008. This report provides the latest available data on children in conflict with the law for the period of 2001 - 2006. This link opens up the English translation of the summary in a Word document.

Law & the Courts

Statistics Relating to the Civil Judicial Offices - Data by District

These pages offer statistics by district, of Court of Appeals, Court of Minors, Justices of the Peace and other relevant statistical data on the activities of the Italian Civil Judicial Offices by year. In Italian.

Statistics Relating to the Criminal Judicial Offices - Data by District

These pages offer statistics by district, the movement of criminal proceedings by district, district court, district prosecutor's office, district offices of GIP, justices of the peace, peace courts, and surveillance. In Italian.