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42 Sentences to imprisonment, by the composition of the sentence, term of imprisonment and type of principal offence. 2008
Type of principal offence All sentences to imprisonment1 Conditional imprisonment Conditional imprisonment and fine Unconditional imprisonment Unconditional and conditional imprisonment
1-90 days 91 days-5 months 6-11 months 1 year and over 1-90 days 91 days-5 months 6-11 months 1 year and over 1-90 days 91 days-5 months 6-11 months 1-2 years 3-4 years 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11 years and over Undonditional Conditional
1-90 days 91 days-5 months 6-11 months 1 year and over 1-90 days 91 days-5 months 6-11 months 1 year and over
All types of offences 17 102 1 516 90 74 37 4 966 42 21 3 6 054  699  753  582  126 47 19 15 30 1 360  222  283  163 1 391  259  270  108
                                                     
Crimes 11 415 1 386 89 74 37 2 132 30 18 2 3 462  659  741  580  126 47 19 15 30 1 304  218  283  163 1 338  256  266  108
                                                     
Crime against the Penal Code 10 579 1 288 86 74 36 1 915 26 13 2 3 110  635  728  571  126 47 18 15 30 1 212  212  277  158 1 253  247  252  107
Crime against the public authorities  442 40 1 1 - 34 1 - -  261 15 20 6 2 - - - - 50 8 3 - 53 5 3 -
Assaulting public servant  369 32 1 1 - 21 1 - -  234 13 12 4 1 - - - - 40 6 3 - 45 3 1 -
Other 73 8 - - - 13 - - - 27 2 8 2 1 - - - - 10 2 - - 8 2 2 -
Crime against public order and peace 31 5 - - - 11 - - - 8 1 2 - - - - - - 3 1 - - 4 - - -
Discrimination owing to rase - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 29 5 - - - 11 - - - 6 1 2 - - - - - - 3 1 - - 4 - - -
Other 2 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger 2 553  274 14 10 15  754 8 2 1  573 91  125  227 56 33 14 11 15  208 21 56 45  199 47 54 30
Arson 4 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - - - 1 - - - - 1
Unintentionally causing fire 3 - 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
Crime of narcotics 1 938  271 12 6 1  749 7 2 -  543 81 53 7 - - - - -  187 11 6 2  181 15 9 1
Serious crime of narcotics  587 1 1 3 13 1 - - 1 26 10 71  217 56 32 14 9 15 20 10 48 39 17 29 44 27
Other 21 2 - 1 - 4 1 - - 3 - 1 3 - - - 1 - - - 1 4 - 3 1 1
Perjury and false evidence  113 9 - - - 16 - - - 73 1 3 - - - - - - 10 1 - - 11 - - -
False accusation 62 7 - 1 - 10 - - - 19 2 6 3 - - - - - 12 2 - - 5 5 4 -
Counterfeiting 6 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - 1 1 2 - - - - 4
Forgery  403 39 5 - 1 72 - 2 -  227 10 15 2 - - - - - 20 2 7 1 19 5 4 2
Sexual crime  428 32 4 5 6 49 1 - - 50 28 37 66 37 6 1 - - 52 8 10 36 44 8 20 34
Rape 93 - - - - - - - - 1 2 11 26 24 5 1 - - 2 1 3 17 1 1 5 16
Attempted rape 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 1 - - - - - - - 2 - 1 - 1
Incest 2 - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 20 - - - - - - - - - - 1 10 5 - - - - 1 - 1 2 - - 3 1
Sexuall intercourse with children under 14 years of age 66 - - 4 6 - - - - 1 1 5 16 6 1 - - - 6 3 5 12 1 2 8 15
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 86 8 1 - - 7 - - - 23 13 12 4 1 - - - - 17 - - - 16 1 - -
Other sexual intercourse 14 - 1 - - - - - - - - 3 2 - - - - - 6 2 - - 5 1 2 -
Pornography 51 11 1 - - 15 1 - - 6 2 2 - - - - - - 9 1 1 2 9 2 1 1
Other 89 13 1 1 - 26 - - - 19 9 3 4 - - - - - 11 1 - 1 12 - 1 -
Crime concerning family relations2 61 3 - - - 1 - - - 7 9 15 5 - - - - - 13 3 5 - 12 4 3 2
Crime against the personal liberty2  598 96 4 5 1 68 2 1 -  202 37 39 29 3 - - - - 87 8 13 3 87 12 12 -
Crime of violence against the person2 1 652  179 7 1 -  241 - - -  610  134 95 42 10 5 - 2 8  244 38 22 14  273 18 22 5
Assault  707  141 1 - -  219 - - -  237 11 9 5 - - - - - 78 2 3 1 78 1 4 1
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  845 29 6 - - 13 - - -  348  120 76 29 6 1 - - -  154 32 19 12  180 16 18 3
Inflicting grievous bodily harm - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Attempted murder 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - 4 3 - - - - - - 1 - - - 1
Murder 12 - - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 2 8 - - - - - - - -
Manslaughter 37 3 - 1 - - - - - 11 - 6 6 - - - - - 9 1 - - 10 - - -
Other 43 6 - - - 9 - - - 14 3 4 1 - - - - - 3 3 - - 5 1 - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement  134 23 1 2 - 34 - - - 20 13 7 3 - - - - - 25 5 1 - 24 4 2 1
Larceny 2 158  259 23 22 4  325 8 4 -  547  184  232 72 2 1 - - -  276 79 97 23  324 73 70 8
Simple and minor larceny  634  109 5 5 2  137 3 1 -  185 44 41 7 - - - - - 73 9 11 2 72 15 6 2
Aggravated larceny 1 197  119 11 14 2  101 4 1 -  273  111  167 58 2 1 - - -  168 64 81 20  211 55 61 6
Theft of motor vehicle  327 31 7 3 - 87 1 2 - 89 29 24 7 - - - - - 35 6 5 1 41 3 3 -
Blackmail and robbery  212 3 2 9 1 2 - - - 19 13 39 56 7 1 2 2 7 10 9 14 16 6 11 26 6
Blackmail 8 - - - - 1 - - - 3 1 1 1 - - - - - 1 - - - - 1 - -
Robbery  128 3 2 7 1 - - - - 12 9 34 24 2 - - - - 8 7 9 10 6 7 18 3
Aggravated robbery 72 - - 2 - - - - - 4 2 2 31 5 1 2 2 7 1 2 5 6 - 3 8 3
Blackmail and robbery, various 4 - - - - 1 - - - - 1 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust 1 066  229 15 9 6  192 3 1 1  329 35 33 35 5 1 1 - -  118 15 24 14  105 36 18 12
Crime in connection with debts 11 3 - - - - - - - 3 - - 1 - - - - - 3 - 1 - 2 1 1 -
Crime inflicting damage to property  147 33 1 4 - 36 1 1 - 37 5 5 4 - - - - - 14 2 3 1 14 3 3 -
Inflicting slight damage  114 31 - 1 - 32 - - - 35 3 - - - - - - - 9 2 1 - 9 1 2 -
Inflicting serious damage 33 2 1 3 - 4 1 1 - 2 2 5 4 - - - - - 5 - 2 1 5 2 1 -
Breach of trade secrets etc. - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  501 53 9 5 2 68 2 2 -  125 57 55 20 4 - - - - 66 9 19 5 71 15 10 3
Receiving stolen goods  443 49 5 4 2 64 - 2 -  115 46 50 17 1 - - - - 58 9 18 3 65 15 7 1
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 45 2 3 - - 1 2 - - 5 11 5 3 3 - - - - 7 - 1 2 5 - 3 2
Other 13 2 1 1 - 3 - - - 5 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
Other crime against the Penal Code 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Crime against Act relating to medicinal goods etc.  331 11 - - -  120 1 - -  176 8 4 - - - - - - 10 - 1 - 11 - - -
Use of narcotics  277 9 - - -  100 1 - -  150 5 2 - - - - - - 9 - 1 - 10 - - -
Possession of narcotics 53 2 - - - 19 - - - 26 3 2 - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
Other crime in connection with narcotics 1 - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Crime against Act relating to value added tax 46 - 2 - 1 8 1 - - 15 2 - 1 - - - - - 10 1 3 2 7 3 5 1
                                                     
Crime against the Assessment Act 14 1 - - - 2 - - - 6 - - 3 - - 1 - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
                                                     
Crime against the Duty Act 71 1 - - - 10 1 4 - 45 1 2 1 - - - - - 6 - - - 5 1 - -
                                                     
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 1 - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Crime against other acts  373 85 1 - - 77 1 - -  110 13 7 4 - - - - - 65 5 2 3 61 5 9 -
                                                     
Misdemeanours 5 687  130 1 - - 2 834 12 3 1 2 592 40 12 2 - - - - - 56 4 - - 53 3 4 -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 99 25 1 - - 30 - - - 31 1 1 - - - - - - 8 2 - - 10 - - -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property 6 4 - - - 1 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 15 5 1 - - 3 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - 2 - - - 2 - - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace3 18 4 - - - 8 - - - 3 - - - - - - - - 3 - - - 3 - - -
Telephone harassment 6 1 - - - 3 - - - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - - 1 - - -
Other 54 11 - - - 15 - - - 22 1 1 - - - - - - 2 2 - - 4 - - -
                                                     
Traffic misdemeanour 5 294 55 - - - 2 664 12 3 1 2 465 39 11 1 - - - - - 41 2 - - 36 3 4 -
Driving under influence of alcohol 3 739 14 - - - 1 801 11 3 1 1 838 33 9 1 - - - - - 27 1 - - 24 1 3 -
Other 1 555 41 - - -  863 1 - -  627 6 2 - - - - - - 14 1 - - 12 2 1 -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against Act relating to value added tax 3 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 42 2 - - - 21 - - - 19 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 16 3 - - - 9 - - - 4 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act 3 - - - - 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
                                                     
Misdemeanour against other acts  230 45 - - -  104 - - - 73 - - 1 - - - - - 7 - - - 7 - - -
1  Excluding 32 cases with conditional postponement of sentence.
2  The Penal Code chapter 20, crimes concerning family relations, § 219 on ill-treatment in family relations came in to force 1.1.2006. The new decisions replace to a certain extent other similar decisions on violence and threats in the Penal Code chapter 21 and 22.
3  The Vagrancy Act was abolished 1.1.2006, with the exception of § 11 on begging which was abolished 1.7.2006. 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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