Moroccans in Denmark: Difference between revisions

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According to Statistics Denmark, as 2015, Moroccan-born immigrants in Denmark aged 15-79 have a total crime index of 147 when standardized for age and socioeconomic status (168 when adjusted for only age), and their male descendants have an index of 297 when standardized for age and socioeconomic status (322 when adjusted for only age).<ref>{{cite web|title=Indvandrere i Danmark 2016|page=84|url=http://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20704&sid=indv2016|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=27 November 2017}}</ref> The average crime index among the general Danish population is set at 100 and percentage points above or below that baseline reflect greater or lesser prevalence, depending on a population's most common age group and its relative socioeconomic status.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indvandrere i Danmark 2016|page=81|url=http://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20704&sid=indv2016|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=10 December 2017|quote=er kriminalitetshyppigheden højere i de yngre aldersgrupperend i de ældre. En befolkningsgruppes samlede kriminalitet påvirkes derfor af,hvordan gruppen er sammensat aldersmæssigt. Hvis man ønsker et samlet mål forkriminaliteten i en befolkningsgruppe, er det derfor nødvendigt at korrigere for,hvordan gruppen er sammensat aldersmæssigt.[...] Når der korrigeres for alderssammensætningen viser det sig, at mandlige efter-kommere fra ikke-vestlige lande har et kriminalitetsindeks på 244. Det betyder, atdenne gruppe har en overhyppighed af kriminalitet på 144 pct. i forhold til hele denmandlige befolkning, hvor indekstallet er sat til 100.[...] Ud over alder er socioøkonomisk status en faktor, der påvirker kriminalitetshyp-pigheden for en befolkningsgruppe.[...] En befolkningsgruppes socioøkonomiske sammensætning vil derforpåvirke dens kriminalitetsniveau, og i beregningen af et kriminalitetsindeks bør derderfor også korrigeres for den socioøkonomiske status.}}</ref> As of 2016, a total of 642 persons of Moroccan origin were found guilty of crimes. Of these individuals, 560 were males and 82 were females, with males between the ages of 15-29 years (285 individuals) and 30-49 years (218 individuals) constituting most of the total.<ref name="Popcjs1">{{cite web|title=Persons guilty in crimes by country of origin, sex, age and time|url=http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=STRAFNA3&PLanguage=1|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref> The most common types of offences were violations of traffic law (312 individuals, of which 283 breached the Road Traffic Act), followed by violations of special laws (244 individuals, of which 109 breached the Euphoriants Act) and the penal code (191 individuals, of which 121 made offences against property).<ref name="Popcjs2">{{cite web|title=Persons guilty in crimes by country of origin, type of offence and time|url=http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?Maintable=STRAFNA4&PLanguage=1|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref> Most of the persons received a fine (488 individuals), with the remainder given unsuspended imprisonment (71 individuals), suspended imprisonment (65 individuals), withdrawal of charges (10 individuals), preventive measures (5 individuals), other decisions (2 individuals), or no charges (1 individual).<ref name="Popcjs3">{{cite web|title=Persons guilty in crimes by country of origin, type of decision and time|url=http://www.statbank.dk/statbank5a/SelectVarVal/Define.asp?MainTable=STRAFNA5&PLanguage=1|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=3 December 2017}}</ref>