18   Persons charged for crimes, by police decision and sex and age of the person. 2000
Sex and age Total Prosecution dropped, the offender not liable Prosecution dropped for other reasons Transferred to Conflict Council Prosecution conditionally dropped Ticket fine Commited for trial
Both sexes              
All ages1 34 235 3 427 3 291 1 551 229    12 607 13 130
5-14 years2,3 2 568 2 454 2 110 - 2 -
15-17 '3 4 103 53 396 903 93 1 537 1 121
18-20 ' 5 104 64 373 227 25 2 525 1 890
21-24 ' 4 975 95 528 76 17 2 094 2 165
25-29 ' 5 266 134 530 58 17 1 952 2 575
30-39 ' 7 394 301 912 88 31 2 595 3 467
40-59 ' 4 481 284 506 79 41 1 769 1 802
60- ' 328 39 42 10 5 133 99
Unknown 16 3 2 - - - 11
               
Males              
All ages 28 854 2 924 2 743 1 333 182 10 288 11 384
5-14 years3 2 209 2 103 2 102 - 2 -
15-17 '3 3 391 44 326 780 78 1 158 1 005
18-20 ' 4 318 52 313 192 15 2 029 1 717
21-24 ' 4 287 83 450 65 13 1 779 1 897
25-29 ' 4 413 116 440 54 13 1 584 2 206
30-39 ' 6 179 253 750 69 24 2 147 2 936
40-59 ' 3 779 238 427 64 35 1 485 1 530
60- ' 268 34 35 7 4 104 84
Unknown 10 1 - - - - 9
               
Females              
All ages 5 341 499 541 218 47 2 297 1 739
5-14 years3 357 349 - 8 - - -
15-17 '3 712 9 70 123 15 379 116
18-20 ' 784 12 60 35 10 494 173
21-24 ' 680 12 77 11 4 310 266
25-29 ' 846 18 89 4 4 363 368
30-39 ' 1 205 48 161 19 7 440 530
40-59 ' 698 46 77 15 6 282 272
60- ' 59 5 7 3 1 29 14
Unknown - - - - - - -
1  Including 40 persons charged with sex unknown.
2  Age is defined by the time of the first criminal act. Of this reason persons under 15 years can be registrated as punished.
3  Previous 5-13 years and 14-17 years.

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