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Constitution

Constitution (1920) (in English) (University of Bern)

Political Institutions

Presidency (in German)

Government (English section)

Prime Minister (Bundeskanzler) (English section)

Parliament (section in English) (bicameral)

Bundesrat (Senate) (in German)

Constitutional Court (in German)

Ministry of the Interior

Ministry of Justice (section in English)

Regional Governments

Burgenland -- Kärnten -- Niederösterreich -- Oberösterreich -- Salzburg -- Steiermark -- Tyrol -- Vorarlberg -- Vienna

Policing Legislation

Criminal Code (1974) (in German) (University of Salzburg)

Law of the prosecutor office (1986) (in German) (University of Salzburg)

Legal Sources

National legal portal

All laws of the city of Vienna (Wiener legal portal)

All laws at European Union level (EUROLEX)

GlobaLex (Hauser Global Law School Program, New York University School of Law)

Legal Archives

Organization of the Police

Country profile of the police in Austria by OSCE

Organization (police)

There are around 20'000 police officers in Austria, distributed in about 1000 police stations.

Victimization Studies

Criminal Statistics

Criminal statistics of the Federal Criminal Police

Policing Research Institutes

Law faculties in Austria

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Wien

Fachbereich Rechtswissenschaft Wirtschaftsuniversität Wien

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Salzburg

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Salzburg (forum privatrecht)

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Graz

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Innsbruck

Rechtswissenschaftliche Fakultät der Universität Linz

Police schools

Security Academy (Sicherheitsakademie, SIAK)

Online Policing Papers

Publications online of the Ministry of Interior

Police Websites

The police is centrally organized with national and regional offices. Regional offices respond to the Ministry of Interior. The police was reorganized in 2005 creating a single agency, integrating also the former gendarmerie.

Federal offices

Federal Police (in German)

Federal Bureau of Anti-Corruption (in English)

Federal Criminal Police

Cobra Special Forces

Police for kids

Regional offices

Landespolizeikommando Burgenland -- Landespolizeikommando Kärnten --

Landespolizeikommando Niederösterreich -- Landespolizeikommando Oberösterreich --

Landespolizeikommando Salzburg -- Landespolizeikommando Steiermark --

Landespolizeikommando Tirol -- Landespolizeikommando Vorarlberg --

Landespolizeikommando Wien