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15df -- Number of sentences by gender, age and offence (district courts and courts of appeal as first court instance, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines), 2015-2024
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Number of sentences by gender, age and offence (district courts and courts of appeal as first court instance, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines) by Year, Principal offence, Sentence, Gender, Age and Information
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Number of sentences by gender, age and offence (district courts and courts of appeal as first court instance, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines) by Year, Principal offence, Sentence, Gender, Age and Information
Number of penalties
2024
ALL CRIME
Persons sentenced in court, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines, total (number)
Total
Total
162,356
15 - 17
12,632
18 - 20
18,555
Males
Total
129,300
15 - 17
10,516
18 - 20
15,124
Females
Total
32,944
15 - 17
2,116
18 - 20
3,423
Persons sentenced in court (number)
Total
Total
50,691
15 - 17
2,877
18 - 20
5,578
Males
Total
40,897
15 - 17
2,463
18 - 20
4,577
Females
Total
9,682
15 - 17
414
18 - 20
993
Persons sentenced to life imprisonment (number)
Total
Total
15
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
1
Males
Total
15
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
1
Females
Total
0
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
0
CRIMINAL CODE OF FINLAND (39/1889)
Persons sentenced in court, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines, total (number)
Total
Total
151,766
15 - 17
11,622
18 - 20
17,286
Males
Total
120,287
15 - 17
9,659
18 - 20
13,965
Females
Total
31,370
15 - 17
1,963
18 - 20
3,313
Persons sentenced in court (number)
Total
Total
48,966
15 - 17
2,842
18 - 20
5,441
Males
Total
39,537
15 - 17
2,436
18 - 20
4,468
Females
Total
9,320
15 - 17
406
18 - 20
965
Persons sentenced to life imprisonment (number)
Total
Total
15
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
1
Males
Total
15
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
1
Females
Total
0
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
0
Chapter 11 On War Crimes and Crimes against the Humanity
Persons sentenced in court, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines, total (number)
Total
Total
10
15 - 17
2
18 - 20
0
Males
Total
8
15 - 17
2
18 - 20
0
Females
Total
2
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
0
Persons sentenced in court (number)
Total
Total
10
15 - 17
2
18 - 20
0
Males
Total
8
15 - 17
2
18 - 20
0
Females
Total
2
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
0
Persons sentenced to life imprisonment (number)
Total
Total
0
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
0
Males
Total
0
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
0
Females
Total
0
15 - 17
0
18 - 20
0
15df -- Number of sentences by gender, age and offence (district courts and courts of appeal as first court instance, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines), 2015-2024
Footnotes
Correction 17.6.2026. Variables describing sentence data removed: Number of supplementary day fines, Persons sentenced to a fine, total (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine in court (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine by a summary penal judgment (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine by a summary penal judgment (law: 754/2010) (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine by a police officer (number of day fines), Disciplinary fine (total number). The error did not cause incorrect data in the tables.
Obs:
Correction 17.6.2026. Variables describing sentence data removed: Number of supplementary day fines, Persons sentenced to a fine, total (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine in court (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine by a summary penal judgment (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine by a summary penal judgment (law: 754/2010) (number of day fines), Persons sentenced to a fine by a police officer (number of day fines), Disciplinary fine (total number). The error did not cause incorrect data in the tables.
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15df -- Number of sentences by gender, age and offence (district courts and courts of appeal as first court instance, summary penal orders and fine orders and petty fines), 2015-2024, Prosecutions, sentences and punishments, Statistics Finland
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