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 Victims (men) in lawsuits with defendants/ convicted (women) (No.)
Characteristic Description
Name Victims (men) in lawsuits with defendants/ convicted (women) (No.) by Crime lawsuits and Trial stages related to crime; Annual
Regularity Annual
Source Directorate General for Justice Policy
First available period 1992
Last available period 2006
Dimensions
  • Data reference period
  • Geographic localization (Portugal)
  • Crime lawsuits
  • Trial stages related to crime
Concepts
  • COURT OF LAW:  Sovereign body empowered to ensure the safeguard of the legally protected rights and interests of citizens, to suppress breaches of legality, and to solve public and private disputes.
  • DEFENDANT:  The person against whom a lawsuit is filed or an enquiry is requested in a criminal proceeding and who, according to the law, shall or may be prosecuted, due to a strong suspicion of having committed a sufficiently proven infringement.
  • REFERENCE PERIOD:  Period to which the information refers and which may be a specific day or a time interval (month, fiscal year, calendar year, among others).
  • TRIAL:  Procedural phase aimed at reaching a final decision on the object of a lawsuit, cumulating in a sentence or judgement. The trial is said to be substantive when the decision recognises the merits of the case.
  • CRIME:  All actions described and declared as liable of conviction for felony, by a law promulgated prior to the moment of practice.
Measure unit (symbol) Number (No.)
Power of 10  0
Observations
Last update date 09/06/2008


information presented in 14/12/2025