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60 Discharges, by prison time and type of principal offence. 2007
Type of principal offence Total1 0-89 days 3-5 months 6-11 months 1-2 years 3-4 years 5-6 years 7-8 years 9-10 years 11- years Unknown
All types of offences1 12 773 9 222 1 102  700  425 65 15 1 1 1 -
                       
Crimes 8 634 6 384 1 057  688  422 65 15 1 1 1 -
                       
Crime against the Penal Code 8 078 5 867 1 029  681  418 65 15 1 1 1 -
Crime against public authorities  330  292 23 13 2 - - - - - -
Assaulting public servant  284  254 19 10 1 - - - - - -
Other 46 38 4 3 1 - - - - - -
Crime against public order and peace 20 19 1 - - - - - - - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary 19 18 1 - - - - - - - -
Other 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Crime involving public danger 1 734 1 117  211  181  184 34 7 - - - -
Arson 14 7 2 3 2 - - - - - -
Unintentionally causing fire 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Crime of narcotics  902  783 83 29 7 - - - - - -
Serious crime of narcotics  794  312  122  148  174 31 7 - - - -
Other 23 14 4 1 1 3 - - - - -
Perjury and false evidence 79 78 1 - - - - - - - -
False accusation 37 35 - 1 1 - - - - - -
Counterfeiting 4 3 - - 1 - - - - - -
Forgery  244  206 27 8 3 - - - - - -
Sexual crime  440  238 63 55 73 9 2 - - - -
Rape  109 41 14 15 31 6 2 - - - -
Sexual intercourse by threats, cunning behaviour etc. - - - - - - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with unconscious person - - - - - - - - - - -
Attempted rape 8 4 1 1 2 - - - - - -
Incest 3 1 1 - 1 - - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 10 years of age 22 5 1 4 10 2 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 14 years of age 75 11 14 26 23 1 - - - - -
Sexual intercourse with children under 16 years of age 89 65 18 3 3 - - - - - -
Other sexual intercourse 13 8 2 2 1 - - - - - -
Pornography 57 48 7 2 - - - - - - -
Other 64 55 5 2 2 - - - - - -
Crime concerning family relations 28 19 4 5 - - - - - - -
Crime against personal liberty  530  418 68 31 13 - - - - - -
Crime of violence against the person 1 446 1 132  167 86 39 15 4 1 1 1 -
Assault  369  342 20 6 1 - - - - - -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  969  748  134 65 18 3 1 - - - -
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 8 2 - 1 5 - - - - - -
Attempted murder 23 8 1 3 7 4 - - - - -
Murder 27 5 2 - 6 8 3 1 1 1 -
Manslaughter 32 13 7 10 2 - - - - - -
Other 18 14 3 1 - - - - - - -
Slander and libel - - - - - - - - - - -
Embezzlement  107 84 11 9 3 - - - - - -
Larceny 1 663 1 184  270  171 37 1 - - - - -
Simple and minor larceny  413  334 55 18 6 - - - - - -
Aggravated larceny 1 016  665  188  133 29 1 - - - - -
Theft of motor vehicle  234  185 27 20 2 - - - - - -
Blackmail and robbery  280  120 57 66 33 2 2 - - - -
Blackmail 9 6 - 2 1 - - - - - -
Robbery  169 79 48 36 6 - - - - - -
Aggravated robbery  100 34 8 28 26 2 2 - - - -
Blackmail and robbery, various 2 1 1 - - - - - - - -
Fraud and breach of trust  674  574 49 30 18 3 - - - - -
Crime in connection with debts 19 15 3 1 - - - - - - -
Crime inflicting damage to property 91 66 20 3 2 - - - - - -
Inflicting slight damage 54 44 9 1 - - - - - - -
Inflicting serious damage 37 22 11 2 2 - - - - - -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender  352  267 54 21 9 1 - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods  295  220 50 17 7 1 - - - - -
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 48 38 4 4 2 - - - - - -
Other 9 9 - - - - - - - - -
Other crime against the Penal Code - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc.  191  178 10 2 1 - - - - - -
Use of narcotics  138  132 5 - 1 - - - - - -
Possession of narcotics 52 45 5 2 - - - - - - -
Narcotics, various 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to value added tax 40 34 5 1 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Assessment Act 11 10 - 1 - - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Duty Act 60 55 3 1 1 - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 5 4 - - 1 - - - - - -
                       
Crime against other Acts  249  236 10 2 1 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanours 2 836 2 780 41 12 3 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 77 73 4 - - - - - - - -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property - - - - - - - - - - -
Petty larceny 6 6 - - - - - - - - -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace2 17 15 2 - - - - - - - -
Telephone harassment 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
Other 51 49 2 - - - - - - - -
                       
Traffic misdemeanour 2 493 2 453 28 9 3 - - - - - -
Driving under influence of alcohol 1 873 1 840 25 7 1 - - - - - -
Other  620  613 3 2 2 - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax 3 3 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Duty Act 21 21 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation 4 4 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against other Acts2  237  225 9 3 - - - - - - -
                       
Crimes or misdemeanours 61 57 4 - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against the Duty Act 16 15 1 - - - - - - - -
                       
Crime or misdemeanour against other Acts 45 42 3 - - - - - - - -
                       
Unknown offence 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
1  Including 1 241 cases of serving sentence for not paying a fine, which can not be distributed by prison time and type of principal offence.
2  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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