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In Switzerland, the police registered a total of 332,452 criminal offenses in 2003, including 187 killings and 547 cases of rape. In the same year, 86,186 adults (85% of them male, 51.1% of them Swiss citizens) were convicted under criminal law. 54.8% of convictions were for traffic offences, 37.9% of punishments were in the form of fines only. In the same year, 13,483 minors (82% of them male, 61.4% of them of Swiss nationality, 79.5% aged between 15 and 18) were convicted.

Convictions for infliction of bodily harm have steadily increased throughout the 1990s and 2000s, with 23 convictions for serious injury and 831 for light injury in 1990 as opposed to 78 and 2,342, respectively, in 2005. Convictions for rape have also slightly increased, fluctuating between 61 and 100 cases per year in the period 1985 to 1995, but between 100 and 113 cases in the period 2000 to 2005. Consistent with these trends, convictions for threats or violence directed against officials has consistently risen in the same period, from 348 in 1990 to 891 in 2003.^[1]^[2]

The historic conviction rates are given in the following chart:^[3]

Date	Total Convictions	Criminal Convictions			Narcotics Convictions			Traffic Convictions
Date	Total Convictions	Total	Male	Swiss	Total	Male	Swiss	Total	Male	Swiss
1985	46,437	21,736	81.5%	67.3%	3,824	83.9%	72.6%	21,033	92.4%	77.3%
1990	54,879	21,167	80.4%	58.2%	4,156	84.9%	63.8%	26,471	91.5%	70.4%
1995	60,955	18,571	83.5%	55.0%	5,415	87.0%	56.2%	32,565	89.6%	66.5%
2000	68,526	21,052	85.6%	49.2%	5,661	87.5%	42.4%	38,082	88.1%	63.0%
2005	85,605	28,224	85.1%	48.9%	5,824	89.2%	40.6%	46,696	87.2%	57.8%
2006	90,592	28,656	85.2%	49.5%	5,668	88.4%	42.8%	51,326	87.0%	57.2%
2007	84,665	25,910	85.2%	51.1%	5,264	88.7%	41.4%	49,483	87.0%	55.8%
2008^a	93,024	28,214	84.8%	50.6%	5,621	89.7%	42.0%	54,845	86.4%	54.6%
2009^a	94,574	29,045	84.9%	48.1%	5,669	89.5%	39.9%	54,231	86.4%	54.5%

^a 2008 and 2009 convictions may not include convictions overturned on appeal.

At the end of 2006, 5,888 people were interned in Swiss prisons, one third of them on remand (or 79 in 100,000, comparable to the ratio in France; the USA has 740, Germany has 30 and Iceland has 29 in 100,000), 31% of them Swiss citizens, 69% resident foreigners or illegal immigrants; excluding remand: 36% Swiss or 32 in 100,000, 64% foreigners or 160 in 100,000.

While the crime rate among resident foreigners (immigrant criminality) is significantly higher (by a factor 3.7 counting convictions under criminal law in 2003), this is mainly due to the different demographic composition, the non-naturalized population consisting of a significantly higher ratio of young males (as of 1996).^[4] In 1997, there were for the first time more foreigners than Swiss among the convicts under criminal law (out of a fraction of 20.6% of the total population at the time). In 1999, the Federal Department of Justice and Police ordered a study regarding delinquency and nationality (Arbeitsgruppe "Ausländerkriminalität"), which in its final report (2001) found that a conviction rate under criminal law about 12 times higher among asylum seekers (4%), while the conviction rate among other resident foreigners was about twice as high (0.6%) compared to Swiss citizens (0.3%).^[5]

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[1] Swiss Federal Statistics Office

[2] Swiss Federal Statistics Office

[3] Swiss Federal Statistical Office Verurteilungen nach Geschlecht, Nationalität, Alter und Kanton Template:De icon accessed 14 November 2010

[4] Swiss Federal Statistics Office

[5] Federal Department of Justice and Police study

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 [[Conviction]]s for infliction of [[bodily harm]] have steadily increased throughout the 1990s and 2000s, with 23 convictions for serious injury and 831 for light injury in 1990 as opposed to 78 and 2,342, respectively, in 2005. Convictions for rape have also slightly increased, fluctuating between 61 and 100 cases per year in the period 1985 to 1995, but between 100 and 113 cases in the period 2000 to 2005. Consistent with these trends, convictions for threats or violence directed against officials has consistently risen in the same period, from 348 in 1990 to 891 in 2003.<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/19/03/03/key/straftaten/gesetze.html Swiss Federal Statistics Office]</ref><ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/19/03/03/key/verurteilte.html Swiss Federal Statistics Office]</ref>
+The historic conviction rates are given in the following chart:<ref>[http://www.bfs.admin.ch/bfs/portal/de/index/themen/19/03/03/key/verurteilte.html Swiss Federal Statistical Office '' Verurteilungen nach Geschlecht, Nationalität, Alter und Kanton''] {{de icon}} accessed 14 November 2010</ref>
 {|class="wikitable"
+!rowspan=2| Date !!rowspan=2| Total Convictions || colspan="3" | Criminal Convictions || colspan="3" | Narcotics Convictions || colspan="3" | Traffic Convictions
 |-
-|Convictions || 2001 || 2002 || 2003 || 2004 || 2005
+! Total || Male || Swiss || Total || Male || Swiss || Total || Male || Swiss
-|-
-|Criminal law ||  	22,324 || 	24,055 || 	26,794 || 	30,120 ||  29,952
-|-
-|Traffic regulations || 	45,237 ||	45,868 ||	48,160 ||	52,634 ||	48,332
-|-
-|Narcotics || 	8,163 ||	8,691 ||	9,386 ||	11,220 ||	10,881
-|}
-;Convictions under criminal law:
-{|class= "wikitable"
 |-
+| 1985 || 46,437 || 21,736 || 81.5% || 67.3% || 3,824 || 83.9% || 72.6% || 21,033 || 92.4% || 77.3%
-|Year || Convictions || Male || Swiss
 |-
+| 1990 || 54,879 || 21,167 || 80.4% || 58.2% || 4,156 || 84.9% || 63.8% || 26,471 || 91.5% || 70.4%
-|1985 ||22,207 || 81.4% || 67.6%
 |-
+| 1995 || 60,955 || 18,571 || 83.5% || 55.0% || 5,415 || 87.0% || 56.2% || 32,565 || 89.6% || 66.5%
-|1990 ||21,692 || 85.1% || 58.5%
 |-
+| 2000 || 68,526 || 21,052 || 85.6% || 49.2% || 5,661 || 87.5% || 42.4% || 38,082 || 88.1% || 63.0%
-|1995 ||18,977 || 83.5% || 55.3%
 |-
-|2000 ||22,316 || 85.1% || 48.9%
+| 2005 || 85,605 || 28,224 || 85.1% || 48.9% || 5,824 || 89.2% || 40.6% || 46,696 || 87.2% || 57.8%
 |-
+| 2006 || 90,592 || 28,656 || 85.2% || 49.5% || 5,668 || 88.4% || 42.8% || 51,326 || 87.0% || 57.2%
-|2001 ||22,324 || 84.0% || 50.8%
 |-
+| 2007 || 84,665 || 25,910 || 85.2% || 51.1% || 5,264 || 88.7% || 41.4% || 49,483 || 87.0% || 55.8%
-|2002 ||24,055 || 84.5% || 48.5%
 |-
+| 2008{{ref|conviction|a}} || 93,024 || 28,214 || 84.8% || 50.6% || 5,621 || 89.7% || 42.0% || 54,845 || 86.4% || 54.6%
-|2003 ||26,794 || 84.2% || 46.9%
 |-
+| 2009{{ref|conviction|a}} || 94,574 || 29,045 || 84.9% || 48.1% || 5,669 || 89.5% || 39.9% || 54,231 || 86.4% || 54.5%
-|2004 ||30,120 || 84.6% || 47.1%
 |-
-|2005 ||29,952 || 84.4% || 48.8%
 |}
+:{{note|conviction|a}} 2008 and 2009 convictions may not include convictions overturned on appeal.
 At the end of 2006, 5,888 people were interned in Swiss [[prison]]s, one third of them on [[Detention of suspects|remand]]  (or 79 in 100,000, comparable to the ratio in [[France]]; the [[USA]] has 740, [[Germany]] has 30 and [[Iceland]] has 29 in 100,000), 31% of them Swiss citizens, 69% resident foreigners or illegal immigrants; excluding remand: 36% Swiss or 32 in 100,000, 64% foreigners or 160 in 100,000.

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