Statistics Norway

60 Discharges, by prison time and type of principal offence. 2009
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 12 190 8 571 1 016  648  428 61 22 6 1 2 -
                       
Crimes 8 174 6 051  980  630  422 60 22 6 1 2 -
                       
Crime against the Penal Code 7 702 5 625  952  618  416 60 22 6 1 2 -
Crime against public authorities  356  319 22 12 3 - - - - - -
Assaulting public servant  300  271 18 9 2 - - - - - -
Other 56 48 4 3 1 - - - - - -
Crime against public order and peace 22 12 9 1 - - - - - - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 20 11 8 1 - - - - - - -
Other 2 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger 1 763 1 150  198  189  177 37 9 2 1 - -
Arson 17 5 2 7 2 - 1 - - - -
Unintentionally causing fire 5 3 2 - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  986  882 77 24 2 - 1 - - - -
Serious crime of narcotics  748  259  116  155  172 36 7 2 1 - -
Other 7 1 1 3 1 1 - - - - -
Perjury and false evidence  100 99 1 - - - - - - - -
False accusation 34 28 1 5 - - - - - - -
Counterfeiting 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
Forgery  308  284 17 7 - - - - - - -
Sexual crime  405  220 44 59 73 8 1 - - - -
Rape  103 35 12 23 28 4 1 - - - -
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. - - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Attempted rape 7 1 2 1 3 - - - - - -
Incest 3 2 - - 1 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 23 4 3 2 13 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 79 27 7 15 27 3 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 80 62 12 5 1 - - - - - -
Other sexual intercourse 16 9 1 6 - - - - - - -
Pornography 31 28 2 1 - - - - - - -
Other 62 51 5 6 - - - - - - -
Crime concerning family relations  109 75 26 5 3 - - - - - -
Crime against personal liberty  443  346 44 30 22 1 - - - - -
Crime of violence against the person 1 254  973  142 73 40 9 12 3 - 2 -
Assault  309  282 19 8 - - - - - - -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  813  628  114 49 19 2 1 - - - -
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 11 1 1 - 4 5 - - - - -
Attempted murder 31 11 2 6 9 1 1 1 - - -
Murder 37 10 3 4 5 1 10 2 - 2 -
Manslaughter 29 19 2 6 2 - - - - - -
Other 24 22 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement 71 53 11 4 3 - - - - - -
Larceny 1 556 1 152  248  121 35 - - - - - -
Simple and minor larceny  415  332 57 24 2 - - - - - -
Aggravated larceny  951  679  157 84 31 - - - - - -
Theft of motor vehicle  190  141 34 13 2 - - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery  310  155 72 47 31 4 - 1 - - -
Blackmail 12 3 8 1 - - - - - - -
Robbery  163 78 42 29 13 - - 1 - - -
Aggravated robbery  129 69 21 17 18 4 - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery, various 6 5 1 - - - - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  549  452 50 28 19 - - - - - -
Crime in connection with debts 5 5 - - - - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 79 63 9 3 3 1 - - - - -
Inflicting slight damage 47 41 5 1 - - - - - - -
Inflicting serious damage 32 22 4 2 3 1 - - - - -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  333  234 58 34 7 - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods  247  173 44 24 6 - - - - - -
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 74 53 11 9 1 - - - - - -
Other 12 8 3 1 - - - - - - -
Other crime against the Penal Code 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc.  154  140 7 3 4 - - - - - -
Use of narcotics  115  108 3 1 3 - - - - - -
Possession of narcotics 37 30 4 2 1 - - - - - -
Narcotics, various 2 2 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 20 15 4 1 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Assessment Act 8 7 1 - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Duty Act 56 53 1 2 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against other Acts  233  210 15 6 2 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanours 2 509 2 457 33 13 5 1 - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code  107  101 3 2 - 1 - - - - -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace2 22 21 - 1 - - - - - - -
Telephone harassment 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
Other 79 74 3 1 - 1 - - - - -
                       
Traffic misdemeanour 2 267 2 228 27 10 2 - - - - - -
Driving under influence of alcohol 1 693 1 661 23 8 1 - - - - - -
Other  574  567 4 2 1 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy2 - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 9 9 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against other Acts  123  116 3 1 3 - - - - - -
                       
Crimes or misdemeanours 57 52 2 2 1 - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 18 16 - 2 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 39 36 2 - 1 - - - - - -
                       
Unknown offence 15 11 1 3 - - - - - - -
1  Including 1 435 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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