Statistics Norway

26 Sanctions, by type of sanction and category of offence. 1997-2008. Numbers and per 1 000 population
Type of sanction 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008
  Numbers
All types of sanctions                        
Total  215 165  218 138  215 070  206 367  239 240  205 988  257 046  302 041  316 189  346 882  357 149  338 356
Prosecution conditionally dropped  429  319  233  219  219  159  164  559  951  772 1 426 1 706
On the spot fine  159 602  158 105  153 338  142 420  158 637  139 587  181 960  225 704  233 190  263 659  269 398  256 350
Ticket fine 36 084 40 656 41 284 45 485 56 639 46 942 52 587 55 376 56 457 58 603 62 917 58 053
                         
Sentence total 19 050 19 058 20 215 18 243 23 745 19 300 22 335 20 402 25 591 23 848 23 408 22 247
Community sentence  735  646  669  649  766  750 1 647 2 191 2 623 2 804 2 722 2 881
Fine 2 068 2 347 2 308 1 594 2 071 2 144 1 983 1 745 2 314 2 508 2 730 2 209
Conditional imprisonment 2 283 2 306 2 447 2 141 3 058 2 290 2 368 1 952 2 580 2 219 2 071 1 742
Conditional imprisonment and fine 5 276 5 289 5 471 4 779 7 197 5 046 5 975 4 723 6 750 5 572 5 409 5 038
Unconditional imprisonment 7 117 6 905 7 420 7 337 8 441 7 185 8 375 7 913 9 185 8 469 8 397 8 325
Unconditional and conditional imprisonment 1 525 1 536 1 865 1 725 2 185 1 856 1 944 1 845 2 107 2 242 2 048 2 028
Other sanction 46 29 35 18 27 29 43 33 32 34 31 24
                         
Sanctions against crimes                        
Total 17 192 21 120 22 466 21 444 34 962 27 513 29 380 29 529 33 307 33 103 35 143 31 377
Prosecution conditionally dropped  172  132  102 70  145  118  110  176  512  387  875  878
Ticket fine 4 729 8 916 9 463 9 573 18 798 14 621 14 254 15 478 15 573 16 695 18 907 16 072
                         
Sentence total 12 291 12 072 12 901 11 801 16 019 12 774 15 016 13 875 17 222 16 021 15 361 14 427
Community sentence  694  618  638  627  735  719 1 559 2 043 2 379 2 526 2 363 2 397
Fine  553  633  621  513  806  588  733  533  737  675  773  569
Conditional imprisonment 2 166 2 199 2 324 2 050 2 914 2 192 2 257 1 848 2 438 2 076 1 933 1 603
Conditional imprisonment and fine 2 795 2 814 2 867 2 455 3 979 2 754 3 003 2 346 3 238 2 676 2 505 2 187
Unconditional imprisonment 4 584 4 317 4 646 4 473 5 457 4 698 5 545 5 292 6 367 5 875 5 767 5 679
Unconditional and conditional imprisonment 1 457 1 463 1 771 1 665 2 102 1 794 1 876 1 780 2 032 2 160 1 989 1 968
Other sanction 42 28 34 18 26 29 43 33 31 33 31 24
                         
Sanctions against misdemeanours                        
Total  197 973  197 018  192 604  184 923  204 278  178 475  227 666  272 512  282 882  313 779  322 006  306 979
Prosecution conditionally dropped  257  187  131  149 74 41 54  383  439  385  551  828
On the spot fine  159 602  158 105  153 338  142 420  158 637  139 587  181 960  225 704  233 190  263 659  269 398  256 350
Ticket fine 31 355 31 740 31 821 35 912 37 841 32 321 38 333 39 898 40 884 41 908 44 010 41 981
                         
Sentence total 6 759 6 986 7 314 6 442 7 726 6 526 7 319 6 527 8 369 7 827 8 047 7 820
Community sentence 41 28 31 22 31 31 88  148  244  278  359  484
Fine 1 515 1 714 1 687 1 081 1 265 1 556 1 250 1 212 1 577 1 833 1 957 1 640
Conditional imprisonment  117  107  123 91  144 98  111  104  142  143  138  139
Conditional imprisonment and fine 2 481 2 475 2 604 2 324 3 218 2 292 2 972 2 377 3 512 2 896 2 904 2 851
Unconditional imprisonment 2 533 2 588 2 774 2 864 2 984 2 487 2 830 2 621 2 818 2 594 2 630 2 646
Unconditional and conditional imprisonment 68 73 94 60 83 62 68 65 75 82 59 60
Other sanction 4 1 1 - 1 - - - 1 1 - -
  Per 1 000 population1
All types of sanctions                        
Total 60.70 61.22 60.01 57.31 66.13 56.56 70.10 81.70 84.69 91.88 93.26 87.05
Prosecution conditionally dropped 0.12 0.09 0.07 0.06 0.06 0.04 0.04 0.15 0.25 0.20 0.37 0.44
On the spot fine 45.03 44.38 42.79 39.55 43.85 38.33 49.62 61.05 62.46 69.84 70.34 65.95
Ticket fine 10.18 11.41 11.52 12.63 15.66 12.89 14.34 14.98 15.12 15.52 16.43 14.94
                         
Sentence total 5.37 5.35 5.64 5.07 6.56 5.30 6.09 5.52 6.85 6.32 6.11 5.72
Community sentence 0.21 0.18 0.19 0.18 0.21 0.21 0.45 0.59 0.70 0.74 0.71 0.74
Fine 0.58 0.66 0.64 0.44 0.57 0.59 0.54 0.47 0.62 0.66 0.71 0.57
Conditional imprisonment 0.64 0.65 0.68 0.59 0.85 0.63 0.65 0.53 0.69 0.59 0.54 0.45
Conditional imprisonment and fine 1.49 1.48 1.53 1.33 1.99 1.39 1.63 1.28 1.81 1.48 1.41 1.30
Unconditional imprisonment 2.01 1.94 2.07 2.04 2.33 1.97 2.28 2.14 2.46 2.24 2.19 2.14
Unconditional and conditional imprisonment 0.43 0.43 0.52 0.48 0.60 0.51 0.53 0.50 0.56 0.59 0.53 0.52
Other sanction 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
                         
Sanctions against crimes                        
Total 4.85 5.93 6.27 5.96 9.66 7.55 8.01 7.99 8.92 8.77 9.18 8.07
Prosecution conditionally dropped 0.05 0.04 0.03 0.02 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.05 0.14 0.10 0.23 0.23
Ticket fine 1.33 2.50 2.64 2.66 5.20 4.01 3.89 4.19 4.17 4.42 4.94 4.13
                         
Sentence total 3.47 3.39 3.60 3.28 4.43 3.51 4.09 3.75 4.61 4.24 4.01 3.71
Community sentence 0.20 0.17 0.18 0.17 0.20 0.20 0.43 0.55 0.64 0.67 0.62 0.62
Fine 0.16 0.18 0.17 0.14 0.22 0.16 0.20 0.14 0.20 0.18 0.20 0.15
Conditional imprisonment 0.61 0.62 0.65 0.57 0.81 0.60 0.62 0.50 0.65 0.55 0.50 0.41
Conditional imprisonment and fine 0.79 0.79 0.80 0.68 1.10 0.76 0.82 0.63 0.87 0.71 0.65 0.56
Unconditional imprisonment 1.29 1.21 1.30 1.24 1.51 1.29 1.51 1.43 1.71 1.56 1.51 1.46
Unconditional and conditional imprisonment 0.41 0.41 0.49 0.46 0.58 0.49 0.51 0.48 0.54 0.57 0.52 0.51
Other sanction 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.00 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01
                         
Sanctions against misdemeanours                        
Total 55.85 55.30 53.74 51.35 56.47 49.01 62.09 73.71 75.77 83.12 84.08 78.98
Prosecution conditionally dropped 0.07 0.05 0.04 0.04 0.02 0.01 0.01 0.10 0.12 0.10 0.14 0.21
On the spot fine 45.03 44.38 42.79 39.55 43.85 38.33 49.62 61.05 62.46 69.84 70.34 65.95
Ticket fine 8.85 8.91 8.88 9.97 10.46 8.87 10.45 10.79 10.95 11.10 11.49 10.80
                         
Sentence total 1.91 1.96 2.04 1.79 2.14 1.79 2.00 1.77 2.24 2.07 2.10 2.01
Community sentence 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.01 0.02 0.04 0.07 0.07 0.09 0.12
Fine 0.43 0.48 0.47 0.30 0.35 0.43 0.34 0.33 0.42 0.49 0.51 0.42
Conditional imprisonment 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.03 0.03 0.03 0.04 0.04 0.04 0.04
Conditional imprisonment and fine 0.70 0.69 0.73 0.65 0.89 0.63 0.81 0.64 0.94 0.77 0.76 0.73
Unconditional imprisonment 0.71 0.73 0.77 0.80 0.82 0.68 0.77 0.71 0.75 0.69 0.69 0.68
Unconditional and conditional imprisonment 0.02 0.02 0.03 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02 0.02
Other sanction - - - - - - - - - - - -
1  Population 15 years and over.

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