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Health and social conditions
Recidivism in the five-year period 1997-2001 among persons charged in 1996,
by group of offence at recidivism. Numbers and per cent
Grou ) of offence at recidivism2
Total
Group of offence in 19961
Envi-
Misde- Ecocrime
Other Offen- Offen- Dam-
Sexual
ronmeanour
nomic . ces of
ces of age to
Traffic Other
offences offen-
ment
offen- vio-
nar- proper- offences offences
for profit
ces
offences
ence
cotics ty
ces3
Numbers
All rersons charged 65086 25153 39933 2097 17862 4537 611 4199 1 961 1 070 22325 10424
Without recidivism 36856 10994 25862 1482 8352 2062 414 1626 978 865 14551 6526
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With recidivism, total 28230 14 159 14071 615 9 510 2 475 197 2 573 983 205 7 774 3 898
Eonomicoffences 743 370 373 113 183 46 4 44 13 5 234 101
O:her offences for profit 7451 4525 2926 139 3974 496 31 712 203 27 1165 704
Ofences of violence 1653 1160 31 835 575 21 175 154 13 579 430
Sxualoffences 212 120 92 6 58 24 38 8 6 47 25
Olfences of narcotics. . . 4529 3005 1 524 62 1 710 344 19 1 081 141 6 700 466
Dtmage to property . . 580 305 275 3 173 69 4 29 65 2 126 109
Environment offences4. 236 54 182 3 33 15 1 5 4 49 79 47
Tiafficoffences 7751 2533 5218 169 1624 511 47 330 216 64 3762 1028
Other offences 3915 1594 2321 89 920 395 32 189 181 39 1082 988
Per cent
All persons charged 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0 100.0
Without recidivism 56.6 43.7 64.8 70.7 46.8 45.4 67.8 38.7 49.9 80.8 65.2 62.6
With recidivism, total 43.4 56.3 35.2 29.3 53.2 54.6 32.2 61.3 50.1 19.2 34.8 37.4
Ei:onomic offences 1,1 1,5 0,9 5,4 1,0 1,0 0,7 1,0 0,7 0,5 1,0 1,0
Other offences for profit 11.4 18.0 7.3 6.6 22.2 10.9 5.1 17.0 10.4 2.5 5.2 6.8
Offences of violence 4.3 6.6 2.9 1.5 4.7 12.7 3.4 4.2 7.9 1.2 2.6 4.1
Sixual offences 0.3 0.5 0.2 0.3 0.3 0.5 6.2 0.2 0.3 0.0 0.2 0.2
01-fences of narcotics. 7.0 11.9 3.8 3.0 9.6 7.6 3.1 25.7 7.2 0.6 3.1 4.5
D tmage to property 0.9 1.2 0.7 0.1 1.0 1.5 0.7 0.7 3.3 0.2 0.6 1.0
Ei ivironrnent offences4. 0.4 0.2 0.5 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.2 0.1 0.2 4.6 0.4 0.5
Ti affic offences 11.9 10.1 13.1 8.1 9.1 11.3 7.7 7.9 11.0 6.0 16.9 9.9
Other offences 6.0 6.3 5.8 4.2 5.2 8.7 5.2 4.5 9.2 3.6 4.8 9.5
11f m re than one offence, group of offence is defined b' the principal offence. 2At last recidivism if more. 3lncluding 63 persons charged for
work environment offences, of which 9 with recidivism. Including 12 persons charged with last recidivism to work environment offences.
Souice: Offences investigated, Statistics Norway. More information: http://wrsw.ssb.no/lovbrudde..enJ
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