THE NATIONALITY OF SUSPECTED PERSONS AND INVESTIGATIONS BY POLICE - APLEA FOR THE USE OF QUALITATIVE RESEARCH METHODS

Though relevant more nongerman juvenile and young persons than german ones are suspected of having offended against the law, the risk for th e nongermans of being sentenced is relevant smaller. It is hypothesize d that this phenomenon does not result from a different 'criminal disp osition' of german and nongerman juvenile and young persons, but from the different kind of inquiry and examination by the police for the tw o groups of people. To clear up this phenomenon further, it seems not to be adequate to analyze only offense statistics, but to use qualitat ive research methods.