Statistics Norway

48   Prison population at the beginning of the year, by sex, type of sanction and type of principal offence. 2003
Type of principal offence Total1 Males Females
Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/security detention2 Total Prison-sentence Custody Preventive detention/security detention2
All types of offences1 2 822     2 653 1 977  590 62  169  133 31 3
                   
Crimes 2 514 2 365 1 808  557 -  149  120 29 -
                   
Crime against the Penal Code 2 461 2 316 1 784  532 -  145  118 27 -
Crime against public authorities 31 31 24 7 - - - - -
Assaulting public servant 25 25 21 4 - - - - -
Other 6 6 3 3 - - - - -
Crime against public order and peace 6 6 4 2 - - - - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 6 6 4 2 - - - - -
Other - - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger  745  686  496  190 - 59 44 15 -
Arson 7 7 4 3 - - - - -
Unintentionally causing fire - - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  169  150  103 47 - 19 13 6 -
Serious crime of narcotics  565  525  386  139 - 40 31 9 -
Other 4 4 3 1 - - - - -
Perjury and false evidence 4 3 - 3 - 1 1 - -
False accusation 6 4 4 - - 2 2 - -
Counterfeiting 2 1 - 1 - 1 1 - -
Forgery 43 36 31 5 - 7 6 1 -
Sexual crime  168  168  144 24 - - - - -
Rape 66 66 54 12 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Attempted rape 6 6 1 5 - - - - -
Incest 2 2 2 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 23 23 22 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 44 44 42 2 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 13 13 12 1 - - - - -
Other sexual intercourse 5 5 5 - - - - - -
Pornography 2 2 1 1 - - - - -
Other 5 5 3 2 - - - - -
Crime concerning family relations 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
Crime against personal liberty 95 92 64 28 - 3 3 - -
Crime of violence against the person  396  380  309 71 - 16 9 7 -
Assault 29 29 25 4 - - - - -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  181  176  151 25 - 5 3 2 -
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 11 9 5 4 - 2 1 1 -
Attempted murder 26 26 15 11 - - - - -
Murder  131  122 96 26 - 9 5 4 -
Manslaughter 14 14 14 - - - - - -
Other 4 4 3 1 - - - - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 28 16 16 - - 12 11 1 -
Larceny  549  527  396  131 - 22 20 2 -
Simple and minor larceny 97 87 61 26 - 10 9 1 -
Aggravated larceny  389  377  312 65 - 12 11 1 -
Theft of motor vehicle 63 63 23 40 - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery  180  172  140 32 - 8 8 - -
Blackmail 3 3 3 0 - 0 0 - -
Robbery 65 59 49 10 - 6 6 - -
Aggravated robbery  112  110 88 22 - 2 2 - -
Blackmail and robbery, various - - - - - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust 97 91 82 9 - 6 6 - -
Crime in connection with debts 4 4 4 - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 22 22 18 4 - - - - -
Inflicting slight damage 10 10 7 3 - - - - -
Inflicting serious damage 12 12 11 1 - - - - -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender 83 75 52 23 - 8 7 1 -
Receiving stolen goods 65 59 44 15 - 6 5 1 -
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 9 8 6 2 - 1 1 - -
Other 9 8 2 6 - 1 1 - -
Other crime against the Penal Code 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 28 24 10 14 - 4 2 2 -
Use of narcotics 17 14 9 5 - 3 2 1 -
Possession of narcotics 10 9 1 8 - 1 - 1 -
Narcotics, various 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Assessment Act - - - - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Duty Act 13 13 9 4 - - - - -
          -        
Crime against other Acts 12 12 5 7 - - - - -
          -        
Misdemeanours  173  161  144 17 - 12 11 1 -
          -        
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 7 6 3 3 - 1 - 1 -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 3 3 1 2 - - - - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 3 2 2 - - 1 - 1 -
Telephone harassment - - - - - - - - -
Other 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
                   
Traffic misdemeanour  153  142  138 4 - 11 11 - -
Driving under influence of alcohol  129  119  117 2 - 10 10 - -
Other 24 23 21 2 - 1 1 - -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act - - - - - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against other Acts 13 13 3 10 - - - - -
                   
Crimes or misdemeanours 24 23 10 13 - 1 - 1 -
                   
Crime or misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - -
                   
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 8 8 3 5 - - - - -
                   
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 16 15 7 8 - 1 - 1 -
                   
Unknown offence1  111  104 15 3 62 7 2 - 3
1  Including 26 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine (24 men and 4 women), which can not be distributed by type of principal offence.
2  The new special sanctions preventive detention, compulsory mental health care and compulsory care entered into force 1 January 2002 and was made retrospective so that security detention sentences can be reopened and reversed to one of the new special sanctions.

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