This book contains the contributions made to the conference 'Religion and Criminal Law', organized by the European Consortium for Church and State Research in 2008. The contributions represent national reports which deal with the topic in nearly all EU member states: each is written by a national expert. The book also conatins an analysis of the status of religion in criminal law on a regional basis separately for Northern Europe, Western Europe, Southern Europe and the "new" EU states. The overall analysis was written by Professor Matti Kotiranta of the University of Eastern Finland.