How to record data on community sanctions and measures and the work of probation agencies across Europe: The approach of the European sourcebook

Abstract

The European Sourcebook of Crime and Criminal Justice Statistics (ESB) is an endeavor to collect comparable crime and criminal justice data across Europe. Currently, the ESB experts group is carrying out a project on community and measures and the work of probation agencies together with the European Organisation for Probation (CEP). Its results will, inter alia, be published in the upcoming 5th edition of the ESB. In this article, we describe the aims and methodology of the project and compare it to SPACE II, a data collection initiative by the Council of Europe.