Abstract: Based on 20 years of data from demographic registers, the prison register
and the criminal case register, we describe the background characteristics
of children, adolescents and young adults imprisoned in Norway. We investigate
changes in imprisonment rates and types of crime in the period 2000–2019. The
chapter describes the situation before incarceration, with a focus on stability in
growing up, crime in the family and early contact with the police, before giving a
description of the types of offenses and the composition of offenses that resulted
in a prison sentence or pre-trial detention. Finally, the chapter examines the completion of the sentence and the proportion who are re-incarcerated after release
for the different age groups.
Citation:
Skjærvø, Ingeborg & Bukten, Anne (2025). Hvem er barn og unge i norske fengsler? I Fransson, Elisabeth; Gaarder, Siv & Lundeberg, Ingrid Rindal (Red.), Barn, unge og straffegjennomføring. Cappelen Damm Akademisk. ISSN 9788202840570. s. 123–152.