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Prison population. By age group and type of crime

Prison population. By sex, age groups and type of offence. Total Catalonia. 2009
18-20 21-25 26-40 41-60 61 and over Total
Offences (old Penal code) 1 0 59 97 15 172
Against State domestic security (1) 0 0 1 4 0 5
Falsification 0 0 2 5 2 9
Against the Administration of justice 0 0 0 0 1 1
Against public health and the environment 0 0 1 7 0 8
Against traffic safety 0 0 0 0 0 0
Civil servants in exercising their duties 0 0 0 0 1 1
Against people 0 0 31 55 3 89
Against sexual liberty 1 0 6 11 3 21
Against honour 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against freedom and security 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against property 0 0 18 14 5 37
Punishable imprudence 0 0 0 0 0 0
Special laws (smuggling and fraud) 0 0 0 1 0 1
Misdemeanours 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0
Offences (new Penal code) 264 1,302 5,657 2,869 261 10,353
Homicide 17 115 420 272 30 854
Causing injury 12 60 245 122 7 446
Against freedom 2 21 111 59 1 194
Torture and against moral integrity 1 9 110 74 7 201
Against sexual freedom 18 45 287 234 51 635
Against intimacy, right to one's image and inviolability of the home 0 1 7 5 1 14
Against honour 0 0 0 1 0 1
Against family relations 0 0 2 4 1 7
Against wealth and socio-economic order 162 715 2,321 876 40 4,114
Against the Treasury 0 1 6 10 8 25
Against collective security and public health 26 256 1,659 932 93 2,966
Falsification 2 8 64 47 2 123
Against public administration 0 1 2 13 2 18
Against the administration of justice 1 6 58 40 7 112
Against the Constitution 1 2 15 4 1 23
Against public order 3 19 130 59 1 212
Misdemeanours 5 17 64 17 0 103
Gender violence 3 20 133 95 8 259
Not stated 11 6 23 5 1 46
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 265 1,302 5,716 2,966 276 10,525
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.
Note: (1) Includes attacks on authorities, agents and government employees, resistance, disobedience, contempt, insults, slander and threats.
Prison population. By sex, age groups and type of offence. Men Catalonia. 2009
18-20 21-25 26-40 41-60 61 and more Total
Offences (old Penal code) 0 0 56 94 15 165
Against State domestic security (1) 0 0 1 3 0 4
Falsification 0 0 1 5 2 8
Against the Administration of justice 0 0 0 0 1 1
Against public health and the environment 0 0 0 7 0 7
Against traffic safety 0 0 0 0 0 0
Civil servants in exercising their duties 0 0 0 0 1 1
Against people 0 0 30 53 3 86
Against sexual liberty 0 0 6 11 3 20
Against honour 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against freedom and security 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against property 0 0 18 14 5 37
Punishable imprudence 0 0 0 0 0 0
Special laws (smuggling and fraud) 0 0 0 1 0 1
Misdemeanours 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0
Offences (new Penal code) 254 1,206 5,270 2,643 246 9,619
Homicide 16 111 393 257 27 804
Causing injury 12 59 228 114 7 420
Against freedom 2 20 106 56 1 185
Torture and against moral integrity 1 9 108 72 7 197
Against sexual freedom 18 44 282 231 51 626
Against intimacy, right to one's image and inviolability of the home 0 1 7 4 1 13
Against honour 0 0 0 1 0 1
Against family relations 0 0 2 4 1 7
Against wealth and socio-economic order 156 674 2,204 819 39 3,892
Against the Treasury 0 0 6 9 8 23
Against collective security and public health 24 215 1,476 804 82 2,601
Falsification 2 4 58 42 2 108
Against public administration 0 1 2 13 2 18
Against the administration of justice 1 6 56 38 7 108
Against the Constitution 0 2 15 4 1 22
Against public order 3 19 122 59 1 204
Misdemeanours 5 15 57 16 0 93
Gender violence 3 20 131 95 8 257
Not stated 11 6 17 5 1 40
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 254 1,206 5,326 2,737 261 9,784
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.
Notes:
A 31 de desembre.
(1) Includes attacks on authorities, agents and government employees, resistance, disobedience, contempt, insults, slander and threats.
Prison population. By sex, age groups and type of offence. Women Catalonia. 2009
18-20 21-25 26-40 41-60 61 and over Total
Offences (old Penal code) 1 0 3 3 0 7
Against State domestic security (1) 0 0 0 1 0 1
Falsification 0 0 1 0 0 1
Against the Administration of justice 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against public health and the environment 0 0 1 0 0 1
Against traffic safety 0 0 0 0 0 0
Civil servants in exercising their duties 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against people 0 0 1 2 0 3
Against sexual liberty 1 0 0 0 0 1
Against honour 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against freedom and security 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against property 0 0 0 0 0 0
Punishable imprudence 0 0 0 0 0 0
Special laws (smuggling and fraud) 0 0 0 0 0 0
Misdemeanours 0 0 0 0 0 0
Not stated 0 0 0 0 0 0
Offences (new Penal code) 10 96 387 226 15 734
Homicide 1 4 27 15 3 50
Causing injury 0 1 17 8 0 26
Against freedom 0 1 5 3 0 9
Torture and against moral integrity 0 0 2 2 0 4
Against sexual freedom 0 1 5 3 0 9
Against intimacy, right to one's image and inviolability of the home 0 0 0 1 0 1
Against honour 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against family relations 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against wealth and socio-economic order 6 41 117 57 1 222
Against the Treasury 0 1 0 1 0 2
Against collective security and public health 2 41 183 128 11 365
Falsification 0 4 6 5 0 15
Against public administration 0 0 0 0 0 0
Against the administration of justice 0 0 2 2 0 4
Against the Constitution 1 0 0 0 0 1
Against public order 0 0 8 0 0 8
Misdemeanours 0 2 7 1 0 10
Gender violence 0 0 2 0 0 2
Not stated 0 0 6 0 0 6
Others 0 0 0 0 0 0
Total 11 96 390 229 15 741
Source: Departament de Justícia. Direcció General de Serveis Penitenciaris i de Rehabilitació.
Notes:
A 31 de desembre.
(1) Includes attacks on authorities, agents and government employees, resistance, disobedience, contempt, insults, slander and threats.

Last update: March 24, 2011.

Methodological note

Definition of concepts

Prision population
Set of people detained in penitentiary centres in compliance with custodial sentences in the Penal code and that are in any of the following procedural situations: accused criminals, convicts or detained on preventative grounds, if the cause is processed.

Methodological aspects

The introduction of the new penal Code, on January 1, 1996, led to the classification of convicts on the basis of a new typology of offences, which will coexist alongside the classification used in the previous Penal Code. For statistical purposes it should be noted, however, that each convict is only classified for one offence, always the one for which the convict has received the toughest sentence.

Data is provided on the penal courts that were created to take responsibility for judging and sentencing less serious offences. This also includes the activity of provincial audiences. The information is completed with data on the prison population on December 31.