Statistics Norway

60 Discharges, by prison time and type of principal offence. 2008
Type of principal offence Total1 0-89 days 3-5 months 6-11 months 1-2 years 3-4 years 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11- years Unknown
Total 12 699 8 854 1 029  669  448 70 21 5 2 - -
                       
Crimes 8 293 6 093 1 001  659  442 70 21 5 2 - -
                       
Crime against the Penal Code 7 743 5 584  973  649  439 70 21 5 2 - -
Crime against public authorities  365  332 21 5 7 - - - - - -
Assaulting public servant  299  281 12 2 4 - - - - - -
Other 66 51 9 3 3 - - - - - -
Crime against public order and peace 31 29 - 2 - - - - - - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 28 26 - 2 - - - - - - -
Other 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger 1 664 1 028  206  204  172 41 11 2 - - -
Arson 10 4 2 1 3 - - - - - -
Unintentionally causing fire - - - - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  854  735 76 36 7 - - - - - -
Serious crime of narcotics  781  277  127  164  160 41 10 2 - - -
Other 19 12 1 3 2 - 1 - - - -
Perjury and false evidence 77 74 2 1 - - - - - - -
False accusation 31 23 5 2 - - 1 - - - -
Counterfeiting 8 8 - - - - - - - - -
Forgery  290  264 19 6 1 - - - - - -
Sexual crime  417  216 55 55 77 12 2 - - - -
Rape  128 46 16 19 38 7 2 - - - -
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. - - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person - - - - - - - - - - -
Attempted rape 9 4 2 2 1 - - - - - -
Incest 5 2 1 - 1 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 15 1 - 3 10 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 73 19 11 19 21 3 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 80 63 11 4 2 - - - - - -
Other sexual intercourse 12 6 2 4 - - - - - - -
Pornography 25 22 2 1 - - - - - - -
Other 70 53 10 3 4 - - - - - -
Crime concerning family relations 72 48 15 6 3 - - - - - -
Crime against personal liberty  466  372 54 29 11 - - - - - -
Crime of violence against the person 1 435 1 133  165 68 48 11 5 3 2 - -
Assault  347  317 23 5 2 - - - - - -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  955  762  123 50 19 1 - - - - -
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 7 1 1 2 3 - - - - - -
Attempted murder 21 5 1 2 10 2 1 - - - -
Murder 39 5 8 4 5 8 4 3 2 - -
Manslaughter 38 21 4 5 8 - - - - - -
Other 28 22 5 - 1 - - - - - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 74 53 13 4 4 - - - - - -
Larceny 1 519 1 091  237  139 52 - - - - - -
Simple and minor larceny  371  302 46 17 6 - - - - - -
Aggravated larceny  943  634  163  107 39 - - - - - -
Theft of motor vehicle  205  155 28 15 7 - - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery  254  104 41 62 43 3 1 - - - -
Blackmail 9 4 1 4 - - - - - - -
Robbery  144 53 27 43 21 - - - - - -
Aggravated robbery 96 42 13 15 22 3 1 - - - -
Blackmail and robbery, various 5 5 - - - - - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  600  496 57 35 10 2 - - - - -
Crime in connection with debts 15 11 3 1 - - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 89 71 10 3 5 - - - - - -
Inflicting slight damage 57 51 5 1 - - - - - - -
Inflicting serious damage 32 20 5 2 5 - - - - - -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  334  230 70 27 6 1 - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods  265  177 56 25 6 1 - - - - -
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 57 43 12 2 - - - - - - -
Other 12 10 2 - - - - - - - -
Other crime against the Penal Code 2 1 - - - - 1 - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc.  224  209 9 5 1 - - - - - -
Use of narcotics  174  167 4 2 1 - - - - - -
Possession of narcotics 50 42 5 3 - - - - - - -
Narcotics, various - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 35 30 4 1 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Assessment Act 15 13 1 - 1 - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Duty Act 58 53 4 1 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against other Acts  217  203 10 3 1 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanours 2 753 2 713 27 8 5 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 65 63 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace2 15 15 - - - - - - - - -
Telephone harassment 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Other 46 44 1 - 1 - - - - - -
                       
Traffic misdemeanour 2 537 2 507 22 6 2 - - - - - -
Driving under influence of alcohol 1 900 1 875 18 6 1 - - - - - -
Other  637  632 4 - 1 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy2 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 11 11 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against other Acts  137  129 4 2 2 - - - - - -
                       
Crimes or misdemeanours 45 42 1 2 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 7 6 1 - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 38 36 - 2 - - - - - - -
                       
Unknown offence 7 6 - - 1 - - - - - -
1  Including 1 601 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine, which can not be distributed by prison time and type of principal offence.
2  The Vagrancy Act was abolished 1 January 2006, with the exception of § 11 on begging which was abolished 1 July 2006. The Penal Code chapter 35, Misdemeanours against public order and peace, § 350 was at the same time extended to include "the one who in self-inflicted intoxication are molesting or harming others" (2.subsection).

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