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Social conditions, welfare and crime
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Record low reported offences in 2017
The police and prosecution authority registered 318 600 offences in 2017. This is the lowest number in the 25-year history of the statistics. However, there were more reports of sexual abuse against children.
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Material and social deprivation in Norway
Reports 2018/07
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Immigrants in Norway 2017
Statistical analyses 155
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Crime among immigrants and children of immigrants in Norway
Reports 2017/36
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Crime and duration of residency among immigrants in Norway
Reports 2017/37
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Child care references 2016
Reports 2017/35
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Most volunteer work is in sports organisations
Nearly half of all parents with school-aged children have carried out unpaid work for a sports team in the last year.
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More sentences served
More sentences were served in 2015 than the year before, both with electronic monitoring and in prison institutions. There were also more imprisonments of people aged 30 and over.
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Largest increase in family counselling cases in 15 years
The number of family counselling cases increased last year by 9 per cent. This is the sharpest increase since the turn of the century.
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Fewest offences solved since the 1990s
The police and the Prosecution authority completed the investigation of more than 319 000 offences in 2016, which is 3 per cent less than the year before. In numbers, there was a decline for both solved and unsolved offences, as well as the number...
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Fewer victims of theft, but more children exposed
A total of 149 000 persons were registered as victims of offences in 2016. With a continued decline in victims of theft, the total number of victims is the lowest in the 13 years of this type of statistics. However, more children are registered as...
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Fewer young people sanctioned in 2015
In 2015, there were 3 per cent fewer penal sanctions than in the previous year. The decrease in sanctions against young people continues, but persons aged between 15 and 24 are still overrepresented for many types of crimes.
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Exit from the labour market among immigrants
Reports 2017/24
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Social assistance to more than 130 000 persons
For the first time since 2004, more than 130 000 persons received social assistance during 2016. Payments exceeded NOK 6 billion.
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Increased number of notifications
In 2016, the Child Welfare Services received 58 300 notifications relating to 52 100 children. This is 7 per cent more than in 2015. At the same time, fewer notifications were dismissed without starting an investigation.
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