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Age of suspects and persons convicted
Figure 3.26 provides an overview of the age distribution of suspects registered with the Public Prosecution
Service in the period between 2005 and 2010. Figure 3.27 shows the distribution with regard to
persons convicted in first instance. 494 The age is determined by the date that the first registered offence
was committed.
Figure 3.26 Age of suspects (2005-2010)
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90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
Unknown
N/A (legal
entity)
51+ years
41-50 years
31-40 years
26-30 years
18-25 years
12-17 years
On average, approximately one third of the suspects are younger than 31 years of age. Minors make up
eight percent of the suspects. The remaining suspects – the other two thirds – are therefore older than
30 years of age, whereby it is striking that a considerable proportion (20%) is older than 50 years old. For
more information with regard to perpetrators, please refer to §1.4.2.
Figure 3.27 Age of persons convicted (2005-2010)
100%
90%
80%
70%
60%
50%
40%
30%
20%
10%
0%
2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010
Year
Unknown
51+ years
41-50 years
31-40 years
26-30 years
18-25 years
12-17 years
The distribution of the ages of convicted persons is roughly the same as that of suspects. The biggest
difference with regard to suspects is that the percentage of minors is on average 3% lower amongst
suspects (5% in comparison to 8%).
494 Please refer to Appendix 4, Tables B4.27 and B4.28 for the tables containing the complete summary of
this data.