Marriages, separations and divorces

In 2015, there were 194,377 marriages in Italy, about 4,600 more than 2014. It was the most consistent increase since 2008. In the period 2008-2014, […]

Citizens and civil-justice

In 2015, about 5 million 500 thousand persons (11.0% of persons aged 18 and over) were involved in a civil proceeding at least once. More […]

Marriages, separations and divorces

In 2014, there were 189,765 marriages in Italy, about 4,300 fewer than in 2013. This decrease is part of a downward trend in marriages: in […]

Prisoners in the Italian penal institutions

At December 31, 2013 62,536 persons were held in Italian prisons, 4.8% less than in 2012 (-8% over 2010). There are about 10 million prisoners […]

Minors in juvenile justice institutions

Istat and the Department for juvenile justice of the Ministry of justice release the 2013 data on minors in charge to the youth social services, […]

Prisoners in the Italian Penal Institutions

There are about 10.000.000 prisoners in the world, most of whom are finally sentenced. The Prison population rate per 100,000 inhabitants is 112.6 In Italy, 127.7, […]

Separations and divorces in Italy

In 2010 separations were 88,191 and divorces 54,160; +2.6% and -0.5% year over year, respectively. Total separation and divorce rates show that both phenomena are […]

Accounting and administrative justice

ISTAT publishes the results of surveys on administrative and accounting justice system relating to 2009. In order to facilitate comparisons of the phenomena over time, […]

Convictions of felony by final judgement

Criminal law sanctions illicit behaviours according to their seriousness and connotes them as felonies or as misdemeanors: the formers are the most serious ones. The […]

Protests

The attached tables present the results of the survey of protests relating to 2011. The surveys are conducted every year and regard all events. A […]