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28 Sanctions, by type of sanction and principal offence. 2009
Type of principal offence Total Prosecution conditionally dropped Community sentence On the spot fine Ticket fine Fine Conditional imprisonment Conditional imprisonment and fine Unconditional imprisonment Unconditional and conditional imprisonment Other sanction1
All types of offences  312 281 1 959 2 603  234 032 55 393 2 235 1 801 4 754 7 717 1 754 33
                       
Crimes 29 759  817 2 113 - 15 555  480 1 652 2 147 5 260 1 703 32
                       
Crime against the Penal Code 22 639  598 2 012 - 9 697  344 1 500 1 863 4 984 1 610 31
Crime against the independence and security of the nation 1 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Crime against the Constitution and the head of the State - - - - - - - - - - -
Crime against government authorities - - - - - - - - - - -
Other - - - - - - - - - - -
Crime as to the use of civil rights - - - - - - - - - - -
Crime committed when in public service 7 - - - 3 1 - - - 3 -
Unlawful gain 2 - - - - - - - - 2 -
Encroachment upon the secrecy of the mail - - - - - - - - - - -
Misuse of authority 1 - - - 1 - - - - - -
Other 4 - - - 2 1 - - - 1 -
Crime against public authorities  596 2  138 - 2 1 45 47  302 57 2
Assaulting public servant  517 2  125 - - - 36 38  262 52 2
Unlawfully influencing public servant 52 - 12 - 2 - 4 8 24 2 -
Obstructing police investigations, assisting escape 26 - 1 - - 1 5 1 16 2 -
Other 1 - - - - - - - - 1 -
Crime against public order and peace  136 3 4 -  110 2 5 2 8 2 -
Riot and unlawful assembly - - - - - - - - - - -
Discrimination owing to race - - - - - - - - - - -
Inciting to unlawful conduct 1 1 - - - - - - - - -
Unauthorized opening of mail - - - - - - - - - - -
Housebreaking and burglary  122 2 4 - 98 1 5 2 8 2 -
Other 13 - - - 12 1 - - - - -
Crime involving public danger 7 282  108  446 - 4 148 85  372  715 1 081  326 1
Arson 9 1 1 - - - - - 5 1 1
Unintentionally causing fire 6 - - - 1 - - - 2 3 -
Crime of narcotics 6 326 90  359 - 3 900 82  353  710  645  187 -
Serious crime of narcotics  667 - 86 - - - 17 1  429  134 -
Other  274 17 - -  247 3 2 4 - 1 -
Perjury and false evidence  140 - 8 - 9 1 11 15 89 7 -
False accusation 62 4 12 - 3 - 7 8 19 9 -
Wilful false accusation 32 4 7 - 2 - 4 7 8 - -
Other 30 - 5 - 1 - 3 1 11 9 -
Counterfeiting 9 - - - - - 5 1 1 2 -
Forgery  849 32 58 -  330 12 40 71  274 32 -
Using forged documents  785 28 57 -  298 12 38 66  257 29 -
Forging documents 58 4 - - 27 - 2 5 17 3 -
Other 6 - 1 - 5 - - - - - -
Sexual crime  724 15 22 -  287 12 41 41  200  101 5
Rape 78 - 5 - - - - - 55 16 2
Attempted rape 4 - - - - - - - 1 2 1
Incest 2 - - - - - 1 - 1 - -
Sexual intercourse with children  182 1 14 - - - 22 3 93 47 2
Under 10 years of age 20 - 2 - - - 3 - 14 1 -
Under 14 years of age 64 - 7 - - - 3 - 29 23 2
Under 16 years of age 98 1 5 - - - 16 3 50 23 -
Other sexual intercourse 12 - - - - - - - 9 3 -
Sexual act with children under 16 years of age 44 - - - 2 - 7 10 16 9 -
Sexual violating or other indecent behaviour  165 13 1 -  127 6 2 7 7 2 -
Pornography 56 1 1 - 7 1 7 15 7 17 -
Other  181 - 1 -  151 5 2 6 11 5 -
Crime concerning family relations  103 4 7 - 2 - 12 3 50 24 1
Defaulting obligation to support dependents 1 - - - - - - - - 1 -
Contracting non-valid or annulabel marrige 4 - - - 1 - 2 - - 1 -
Kidnapping children 8 - - - - - 3 1 3 1 -
Ill-treatment within family relations 79 4 7 - - - 7 2 39 19 1
Serious ill-treatment within family relations 10 - - - - - - - 8 2 -
Other 1 - - - 1 - - - - - -
Crime against personal liberty  816 39  104 - 96 7 93 69  289  119 -
Threats  737 39 96 - 96 6 82 66  257 95 -
Duress and limitation of liberty 78 - 8 - - 1 11 3 31 24 -
Other 1 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Crime of violence against the person 3 628  165  286 - 1 500  111  188  225  887  246 20
Assault 2 542  162  136 - 1 490  110  149  199  235 61 -
Wounding or inflicting bodily harm  962 3  146 - 8 1 33 15  577  176 3
Inflicting grievous bodily harm 4 - - - - - - - 1 1 2
Unintentionally inflicting bodily harm 41 - 3 - 2 - 1 10 23 2 -
Attempted murder 19 - - - - - - - 13 1 5
Murder 23 - - - - - - - 13 - 10
Manslaughter 36 - 1 - - - 5 1 24 5 -
Other 1 - - - - - - - 1 - -
Slander and libel 2 - - - 1 1 - - - - -
Embezzlement  364 16 47 -  160 2 39 45 27 28 -
Simple embezzlement  294 16 30 -  160 2 33 45 6 2 -
Gross embezzlement 70 - 17 - - - 6 - 21 26 -
Larceny 4 203  105  383 - 1 714 35  278  318 1 006  363 1
Simple and minor larceny 2 271 67 97 - 1 475 29  127  123  274 79 -
From factory, office and storehouse  143 3 13 -  100 1 5 7 8 6 -
From shop 1 016 22 23 -  756 8 32 30  122 23 -
From dwelling  116 4 3 - 54 2 15 12 19 7 -
From entrance, attic, cellar, garage and outhouse 24 - - - 15 1 2 - 5 1 -
From public building and institution 52 7 3 - 22 - 5 8 7 - -
From mean of transport  111 6 5 - 69 2 6 5 16 2 -
From restaurant 40 - 1 - 28 1 2 5 2 1 -
From cloakroom 18 2 2 - 10 - 1 1 2 - -
Theft of pedal cycle 69 1 2 - 56 2 - 1 6 1 -
Other  682 22 45 -  365 12 59 54 87 38 -
Aggravated larceny 1 508 22  222 -  148 3  116  120  640  236 1
From shop, factory, office and storehouse  330 3 56 - 32 - 29 39  122 49 -
From dwelling  247 1 36 - 20 - 16 21  117 36 -
From entrance, attic, cellar, garage and outhouse 39 - 7 - 5 - 1 2 14 10 -
From public building and institution 84 2 16 - 5 - 9 6 38 8 -
From mean of transport  121 5 17 - 14 - 9 9 42 25 -
Other  687 11 90 - 72 3 52 43  307  108 1
Theft of motor vehicle  424 16 64 - 91 3 35 75 92 48 -
Automobile  327 11 53 - 53 1 26 64 80 39 -
Motor cycle 16 - 2 - 4 - 2 2 6 - -
Other 81 5 9 - 34 2 7 9 6 9 -
Blackmail and robbery  280 - 64 - 1 - 10 1  125 78 1
Blackmail 19 - 5 - 1 - - - 10 3 -
Robbery  175 - 53 - - - 10 1 66 44 1
Aggravated robbery 83 - 6 - - - - - 48 29 -
Blackmail and robbery, various 3 - - - - - - - 1 2 -
Fraud and breach of trust 1 522 16  344 -  210 12  268  188  349  135 -
Simple fraud 1 248 12  295 -  199 9  232  158  263 80 -
Aggravated fraud  108 2 20 - - 1 7 - 42 36 -
Insurance fraud 56 - 13 - - 1 6 8 22 6 -
Breach of trust 4 - 1 - - - - 2 1 - -
Aggravated breach of trust 33 - 3 - - - 5 5 11 9 -
Unlawful selling of goods bought on the hire-purchase system 4 - - - 1 1 1 - - 1 -
Other 69 2 12 - 10 - 17 15 10 3 -
Crime in connection with debts 31 - 1 - 22 - 1 2 3 2 -
Negligent and incorrect book-keeping 13 - - - 11 - 1 1 - - -
Other 18 - 1 - 11 - - 1 3 2 -
Crime inflicting damage to property  835 46 37 -  590 38 26 39 44 15 -
Inflicting slight damage  789 46 23 -  583 38 22 38 30 9 -
Inflicting serious damage 46 - 14 - 7 - 4 1 14 6 -
Breach of trade secrets - - - - - - - - - - -
Usury and gaming crime 5 - - - 5 - - - - - -
Crime in connection with maritime affairs - - - - - - - - - - -
Receiving stolen goods, subsequent assistance to the offender 1 044 43 51 -  504 24 59 73  229 61 -
Receiving stolen goods  916 38 47 -  452 22 54 66  189 48 -
Aggravated receiving stolen goods 60 - 4 - - - 5 4 36 11 -
Other 68 5 - - 52 2 - 3 4 2 -
                       
Crime against the Act relating to medicinal goods etc. 5 583  186 18 - 5 065 88 8 98  110 9 1
Use of narcotics 3 383  153 16 - 2 981 52 3 84 86 8 -
Possession of narcotics 2 189 33 2 - 2 075 35 4 14 24 1 1
Other crime in connection with narcotics 11 - - - 9 1 1 - - - -
                       
Crime against Act relating to value added tax 22 - 4 - 4 - 1 2 6 5 -
                       
Crime against the Military Penal Code 95 3 - - - 1 84 1 3 3 -
                       
Crime against the Assessment Act  135 1 5 - 99 6 2 11 6 5 -
Missing income tax return 95 - 5 - 74 5 - 6 2 3 -
Tax-evasion 38 1 - - 23 1 2 5 4 2 -
Other 2 - - - 2 - - - - - -
                       
Crime against the Duty Act 89 - 4 - 21 - 6 18 38 2 -
Smuggling 21 - - - 6 - 2 3 10 - -
Other 68 - 4 - 15 - 4 15 28 2 -
                       
Crime against the Alcohol legislation 3 - - - 3 - - - - - -
Sale - - - - - - - - - - -
Illegal destillation - - - - - - - - - - -
Other 3 - - - 3 - - - - - -
                       
Crime against other Acts 1 193 29 70 -  666 41 51  154  113 69 -
                       
Misdemeanours  282 522 1 142  490  234 032 39 838 1 755  149 2 607 2 457 51 1
                       
Misdemeanour against the Penal Code 10 306  756 2 - 9 170  294 17 17 37 13 -
Misdemeanour inflicting damage to property 80 7 - - 73 - - - - - -
Petty larceny 4 130  531 - - 3 569 26 2 1 - 1 -
Misdemeanour against public order and peace 3 782 73 - - 3 546  142 4 5 10 2 -
Telephone harassment  177 12 1 -  144 16 1 2 - 1 -
Maritime misdemeanour 69 1 - - 62 2 1 1 2 - -
Other 2 068  132 1 - 1 776  108 9 8 25 9 -
                       
Traffic misdemeanour  249 510  263  454  218 778 24 037 1 059 87 2 484 2 321 26 1
Driving under influence of alcohol 4 040 6 66 -  429 74 31 1 684 1 728 21 1
Without driving licence 5 381 70 23 - 4 957  124 19 81  104 3 -
Illegal speed  203 477 31  353  191 850 9 815  423 17  574  413 1 -
Injury of person 1 818 31 2 - 1 624 84 11 48 17 1 -
Other 34 794  125 10 26 928 7 212  354 9 97 59 - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act of vagrancy 2 - - - 1 1 - - - - -
Drunkenness 2 - - - 1 1 - - - - -
Disorderly conduct - - - - - - - - - - -
Other - - - - - - - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Police regulations 2 080 24 - - 1 957 98 - 1 - - -
Demonstration - - - - - - - - - - -
Urinating  894 1 - -  882 11 - - - - -
Other 1 186 23 - - 1 075 87 - 1 - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Act relating to value added tax 75 - - - 73 2 - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Military Penal Code 8 - - - - - 6 - 1 1 -
                       
Crime against the Duty Act 16 760 2 - 15 254 1 431 27 6 19 20 1 -
Smuggling 16 557 1 - 15 254 1 238 23 4 17 19 1 -
Sale and possession of goods without custom clearance 1 - - - 1 - - - - - -
Other  202 1 - -  192 4 2 2 1 - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Alcohol legislation  906 15 6 -  857 14 1 8 5 - -
Sale 13 - - - 8 - 1 - 4 - -
Illegal destillation 30 - 3 - 17 1 - 8 1 - -
Other  863 15 3 -  832 13 - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against the Work Environment Act 97 - - - 96 1 - - - - -
                       
Misdemeanour against other Acts 2 778 82 28 - 2 216  259 32 78 73 10 -
1  Including 13 preventive detentions and 17 compulsory mental health care sentences.

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