Statistics Norway

Prison population, by type of sanction and group of offence. 1 January 2007. Number
Group of offence Total1 Prison-
sentence
Custody Preventive detention/
Security detention
All types of offences1      3 446      2 751       575 76
Economic offences  161  149 12 -
Other offences for profit  852  679  168 5
Offences of violence  717  552  122 43
Sexual offences  318  260 33 25
Offences of narcotics  993  811  182 -
Damage to property 29 17 9 3
Traffic offences  210  206 4 -
Other offences  122 77 45 -
1  Including 44 cases of serving sentence for non-payment of a fine, which can
not be distributed by type of sanction and group of offence.

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