Statistics Norway

53   Prison population at the beginning of the year, by sex, type of sanction and type of principal offence. 2005
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 3 170 2 988 2 363  499 63  182  138 36 4
                   
Crimes 2 870 2 721 2 175  483 63  149  115 30 4
                   
Crime against the Penal Code 2 826 2 677 2 145  469 63  149  115 30 4
Crime against public authorities 51 49 41 8 - 2 2 - -
Assaulting public servant 43 41 34 7 - 2 2 - -
Other 8 8 7 1 - - - - -
Crime against public order and peace 8 7 5 2 - 1 1 - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 8 7 5 2 - 1 1 - -
Other - - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger  912  839  661  176 2 73 52 21 -
Arson 7 6 1 3 2 1 - 1 -
Unintentionally causing fire 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  140  125 99 26 - 15 12 3 -
Serious crime of narcotics  752  697  551  146 - 55 40 15 -
Other 12 10 9 1 - 2 - 2 -
Perjury and false evidence 11 9 8 1 - 2 2 - -
False accusation 5 5 5 - - - - - -
Counterfeiting 5 4 4 - - 1 1 - -
Forgery 31 27 26 1 - 4 4 - -
Sexual crime  249  249  199 19 31 - - - -
Rape  111  111 83 12 16 - - - -
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Attempted rape 2 2 2 - - - - - -
Incest 3 3 2 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 23 23 18 1 4 - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 69 69 56 3 10 - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 21 21 21 - - - - - -
Other sexual intercourse 5 5 5 - - - - - -
Pornography 4 4 3 1 - - - - -
Other 9 9 7 1 1 - - - -
Crime concerning family relations 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Crime against personal liberty  103  102 73 28 1 1 1 - -
Crime of violence against the person  497  479  380 74 25 18 13 2 3
Assault 53 52 37 14 1 1 1 - -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  237  229  195 31 3 8 5 1 2
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 6 6 5 1 - - - - -
Attempted murder 28 28 21 4 3 - - - -
Murder  149  140 98 24 18 9 7 1 1
Manslaughter 20 20 20 - - - - - -
Other 4 4 4 - - - - - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 27 21 19 2 - 6 6 - -
Larceny  537  514  419 95 - 23 19 4 -
Simple and minor larceny  104 94 78 16 - 10 7 3 -
Aggravated larceny  367  356  302 54 - 11 11 - -
Theft of motor vehicle 66 64 39 25 - 2 1 1 -
Blackmail and robbery  166  158  119 38 1 8 5 2 1
Blackmail 2 2 2 - - - - - -
Robbery 65 61 52 9 - 4 3 1 -
Aggravated robbery 99 95 65 29 1 4 2 1 1
Blackmail and robbery, various - - - - - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  106 99 90 9 - 7 6 1 -
Crime in connection with debts 7 7 7 - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 17 17 13 1 3 - - - -
Inflicting slight damage 4 4 4 - - - - - -
Inflicting serious damage 13 13 9 1 3 - - - -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender 90 87 72 15 - 3 3 - -
Receiving stolen goods 69 67 60 7 - 2 2 - -
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 17 16 12 4 - 1 1 - -
Other 4 4 - 4 - - - - -
Other crime against the Penal Code 3 3 3 - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 20 20 9 11 - - - - -
Use of narcotics 10 10 7 3 - - - - -
Possession of narcotics 9 9 2 7 - - - - -
Narcotics, various 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Assessment Act 1 1 1 - - - - - -
                   
Crime against the Duty Act 12 12 11 1 - - - - -
                   
Crime against other Acts 11 11 9 2 - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanours  211  183  172 11 - 28 23 5 -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 8 7 3 4 - 1 - 1 -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 3 2 2 - - 1 - 1 -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 1 1 1 - - - - - -
Telephone harassment 1 1 - 1 - - - - -
Other 3 3 - 3 - - - - -
                   
Traffic misdemeanour  188  165  162 3 - 23 23 - -
Driving under influence of alcohol  140  118  117 1 - 22 22 - -
Other 48 47 45 2 - 1 1 - -
                   
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act - - - - - - - - -
                   
Misdemeanour against other Acts 15 11 7 4 - 4 - 4 -
                   
Crimes or misdemeanours 22 21 16 5 - 1 - 1 -
                   
Crime or misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax 1 1 1 - - - - - -
                   
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 4 3 3 - - 1 - 1 -
                   
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 17 17 12 5 - - - - -
                   
Unknown offence 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
1  Including 67 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine (63 men and 4 women), which can not be distributed by type of principal offence. From October 2004 included, The Norwegian National Collection Agency (NCA) passed over unpaid fines to The Norwegian Correctional Services for calling up to subsidiary imprisonment after three year instead of the previous four years. With that the police districts in 2005 got passed over fine demands for two annuals (2001 and 2002) unlike other years with one annual.
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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