Moroccans in Denmark: Difference between revisions

According to Statistics Denmark, Moroccan migrants and their descendants are over-represented as perpetrators of crime. Male Moroccan descendants are about 15 times more likely to commit violent crime.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20705&sid=indv2017|title=Indvandrere i Danmark 2017|publisher=Statistics Denmark|page=111 last paragraph, Figur 6.7|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref> As of 2016, Morocco-born male immigrants in Denmark aged 15-79 have a total crime index of 145 when adjusted for age only, with adjustments of 129 for age and socioeconomic status, 129 for age and family education, and 116 when for age and family income. Their male descendants have a total crime index of 305 when adjusted for age only, with adjustments of 286 for age and socioeconomic status, 240 for age and family education, and 256 for age and family income.<ref>{{cite web|title=Indvandrere i Danmark 2017|page=108|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20705&sid=indv2017|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</ref> With regard to type of infringement, the male descendants of Morocco-born individuals have a penal code crime index of 444 when adjusted for age only (with adjustments of 355 for age and socioeconomic status, 278 age and family education, and 288 for age and family income), of which the crime index when adjusted for age only is 356 for violent offences (with adjustments of 289 for age and socioeconomic status, 215 age and family education, and 229 for age and family income) and 417 for property offences (with adjustments of 332 for age and socioeconomic status, 262 age and family education, and 265 for age and family income). The crime index when adjusted for age only is 280 for traffic law (with adjustments of 278 for age and socioeconomic status, 237 for age and family education, and 259 for age and family income) and 349 for special laws (with adjustments of 314 for age and socioeconomic status, 266 age and family education, and 279 for age and family income).<ref>{{cite web|title=Indvandrere i Danmark 2017|page=111 (Tabel 6.13)|url=https://www.dst.dk/Site/Dst/Udgivelser/GetPubFile.aspx?id=20705&sid=indv2017|publisher=Statistics Denmark|accessdate=16 March 2018}}</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 [[Law of Denmark|special laws]] (244 individuals, of which 109 breached the Euphoriants Act) and the [[Danish penal code|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>