23   Recidivism in the five-year period 1997-2001 among persons charged in 1996, by age of the person and type of principal offence in 1996
Type of principal offence Total With recidivism
Total1 Age Total2 Age
5-14 15-17 18-24 25-39 40- 5-14 15-17 18-24 25-39 40-
All types of offences 65 086 3 706 6 445 17 222 22 454 14 213 28 230 1 720 3 548 8 672 10 305 3 536
                         
Crimes 25 153 1 803 3 004 7 161 9 212 3 240 14 159 1 052 1 856 4 460 5 373 1 092
                         
Crime against the Penal Code 22 585 1 777 2 792 6 456 8 213 2 755 13 062 1 043 1 755 4 094 4 928  984
Crime against public authorities  322 - 19  112  130 57  207 - 15 80 87 23
Assaulting public servant  283 - 17 99  119 45  192 - 14 73 84 20
Other 39 - 2 13 11 12 15 - 1 7 3 3
Crime against public order and peace  325 59 46 87 94 35  201 27 37 55 62 17
Discrimination owing to race 6 1 - 2 2 1 2 1 - - 1 -
Housebreaking and burglary  277 57 39 71 81 26  177 25 32 45 58 14
Other 42 1 7 14 11 8 22 1 5 10 3 3
Crime involving public danger 2 882 61  178  893 1 425  257 1 795 24 79  554  933  150
Arson 87 22 7 10 39 9 44 8 5 8 19 4
Unintentionally causing fire 77 25 2 7 24 19 21 11 1 3 5 1
Crime of narcotics 2 324 11  164  758 1 135  195 1 505 3 68  472  786  128
Serious crime of narcotics  318 1 4 73  204 29  191 1 4 51  112 16
Other 76 2 1 45 23 5 34 1 1 20 11 1
Perjury and false evidence 95 1 5 39 31 13 41 - 2 20 11 5
False accusation 67 3 4 25 25 10 39 1 3 17 13 5
Counterfeiting 8 6 - - 2 - 5 3 - - 2 -
Forgery  648 7  173  126  208  108  278 5 58 59  107 42
Sexual crime3  559 23 36 92  195  169  178 7 15 40 66 34
Rape 50 1 7 11 25 6 24 - 4 6 12 2
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. 3 - - - 2 1 1 - - - 1 -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person 16 4 1 - 6 5 5 1 1 - 3 -
Attempted rape 16 1 - 2 8 4 7 1 - 1 2 2
Incest 25 1 - 1 14 5 1 - - - 1 -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 29 1 2 2 11 11 6 - 1 - 2 2
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age  118 8 9 11 36 39 26 1 5 5 5 7
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 57 4 6 19 10 13 21 2 2 8 2 2
Other sexual intercourse 7 - - 1 1 5 1 - - - - 1
Pornography 28 - 2 9 9 6 7 - - 3 3 1
Other  210 3 9 36 73 74 79 2 2 17 35 17
Crime concerning family relations 14 - 1 2 7 4 5 - 1 - 3 1
Crime against personal liberty 1 026 31 59  230  467  228  661 20 46  170  316 99
Crime of violence against the person 3 123  176  367 1 059 1 055  444 1 567  106  241  606  487  119
Assault 1 958  145  257  614  634  297  922 87  164  329  267 72
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm 1 032 30 99  406  375  114  599 18 72  257  203 45
Inflicting grievous bodily harm4 11 - 1 4 4 2 7 - - 4 2 1
Attempted murder 23 - 1 1 13 8 10 - - 1 8 1
Murder 33 - 2 6 17 6 8 - - 4 3 -
Manslaughter 34 - 1 16 5 12 8 - 1 6 1 -
Other4 32 1 6 12 7 5 13 1 4 5 3 -
Slander and libel 24 1 - 4 4 14 7 - - - 2 5
Embezzlement  359 4 8 88  135 86  114 4 4 27 52 12
Larceny 7 695  814 1 371 2 420 2 494  520 5 648  547  984 1 825 1 978  276
Simple and minor larceny 2 145  274  363  551  657  266 1 318  165  226  348  455  108
Aggravated larceny 4 516  452  760 1 513 1 553  204 3 558  307  579 1 207 1 311  139
Theft of motor vehicle 1 034 88  248  356  284 50  772 75  179  270  212 29
Blackmail and robbery  168 22 13 50 74 9  125 20 11 36 54 4
Blackmail 11 5 1 1 2 2 9 4 1 - 2 2
Robbery 90 17 9 23 39 2 71 16 7 20 28 -
Aggravated robbery 64 - 3 25 31 5 44 - 3 16 23 2
Blackmail and robbery, various 3 - - 1 2 - 1 - - - 1 -
Fraud and breach of trust 2 010 7 23  474  996  379  700 4 5  197  369 85
Crime in connection with debts  460 - - 15  172  168 79 - - 3 26 19
Crime inflicting damage to property 1 829  542  410  449  291  122  917  264  222  249  138 39
Inflicting slight damage 1 612  483  346  401  258  113  812  234  192  224  123 35
Inflicting serious damage  216 59 63 48 33 9  105 30 30 25 15 4
Breach of trade secrets 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  910 18 75  280  391  108  481 9 29  155  217 46
Receiving stolen goods  773 16 69  239  318 97  398 8 26  126  175 42
Aggravated receiving stolen goods  113 - 3 35 65 7 72 - 2 26 37 4
Other 24 2 3 6 8 4 11 1 1 3 5 -
Other crime against the Penal Code 61 2 4 11 17 24 14 2 3 1 5 3
                         
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 1 496 24  207  595  542 96  854 7 98  321  361 50
Use of narcotics 1 002 20  175  426  316 42  533 4 79  214  200 25
Possession of narcotics  442 4 28  153  204 46  291 3 17 94  149 23
Other crime in connection with narcotics 52 - 4 16 22 8 30 - 2 13 12 2
                         
Crime against Act relating to value added tax  300 - - 11  127  130 53 - - 3 23 15
                         
Crime against the Assessment Act  477 - - 12  219  190 86 - - 2 30 26
                         
Crime against the Duty Act 23 - 1 2 9 11 6 - - 1 2 3
                         
Crime against the Alcohol legislation  141 2 4 23 70 36 48 2 3 7 20 13
                         
Crime against other Acts  131 - - 62 32 22 50 - - 32 9 1
                         
Misdemeanours 39 933 1 903 3 441 10 061 13 242 10 973 14 071  668 1 692 4 212 4 932 2 444
                         
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 9 923 1 577 1 407 1 534 2 471 2 876 3 668  534  565  690 1 115  745
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property  131 29 26 44 18 14 64 16 11 22 9 6
Petty larceny 6 110 1 182  970  654 1 328 1 960 2 248  399  345  271  683  546
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 1 380  281  104  213  364  411  437 94 59 97  119 67
Telephone harassment  198 32 11 26 46 69 47 5 4 4 16 15
Other 2 104 53  296  597  715  422  872 20  146  296  288  111
                         
Traffic misdemeanour 22 325  234 1 596 6 403 8 023 6 021 7 774 93  894 2 624 2 908 1 231
Driving under influence of alcohol 2 909 3  123  752  947 1 081 1 035 2 70  325  384  251
Other 19 416  231 1 473 5 651 7 076 4 940 6 739 91  824 2 299 2 524  980
                         
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy 1 931 2  113  759  696  352  989 - 74  415  332  162
                         
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations 1 373 7  164  634  418  143  489 2 89  224  130 41
                         
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax 96 - - 3 50 36 23 - - 2 8 10
                         
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act  858 - 17 99  361  373  194 - 6 35 95 52
                         
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation  859 7 67  234  329  193  316 2 30 91  118 65
                         
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act 63 1 - 5 20 37 9 1 - - 3 5
                         
Misdemeanour against other Acts 2 505 75 77  390  874  942  609 36 34  131  223  133
1  ncluding 1 046 persons charged with age umknown.
2  Including 446 persons charged with age unknown.
3  After new chapter 19 (11th August 2000) concerning sexual crime in the Penal Code, new terms for some of these categories of crime have been introdused.
4  'Unintentionally, inflicting grievous bodily harm (§ 238)' is included in 'Other'. For the volumes 1996-2000 this category was included in 'Inflicting grievous bodily harm'. The ammendments applies for the whole period.

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