Growing number of adults among persons convicted of crimes

More than six out of 10 penal sanctions in Norway last year involved persons 25 or older. In the course of 10 years, the number of criminal sanctions given to persons over the age of 25 has more than doubled. At the same time there has been a decline in the number of penal sanctions for age groups under 25.

Fines are the type of penal sanction that have increased the most in recent years. A growing number of penal sanctions in criminal cases are settled with a fine. The increase since 1981 has been uninterrupted. In the course of the past 10 years the number has tripled. Penalties and fines accounted for altogether one-third of all penal sanctions in 1995.

Slightly more than 6,000 cases were settled with a fine or penalty, and 6,000 with unconditional imprisonment alone or combined with other sanctions. The average punishment for an unconditional imprisonment sentence last year was 230 days. The average amount of fines and penalties was NOK 4,535 and NOK 3,751, respectively.

Increase in drug cases

In one out of four criminal cases drug trafficking was regarded as the main crime. In the course of 10 years this percentage has more than doubled.

New Statistics

Criminal sanctions in crime cases, 1995.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics and in Official Statistics of Norway (NOS) Criminal Statistics. More information: Liv Hilde Birkelund, tel. +47 21 09 46 45, e-mail: lhb@ssb.no.

Weekly Bulletin issue no. 51-52, 1996

Criminal sanctions, 1995:

Growing number of adults among persons convicted of crimes

New Statistics

Criminal sanctions in crime cases, 1995.Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics and in Official Statistics of Norway (NOS) Criminal Statistics. More information: Liv Hilde Birkelund, tel. +47 21 09 46 45, e-mail: lhb@ssb.no.

Criminal sanctions in crime cases, 1995.
Statistics are published annually in the Weekly Bulletin of Statistics and in Official Statistics of Norway (NOS) Criminal Statistics. More information: Liv Hilde Birkelund, tel. +47 21 09 46 45, e-mail: lhb@ssb.no.