Most Israeli crime in 2010 involved adult males
The country’s Jewish population made up around 50 percent
of those charged with crimes in 2010, lower than their percentage of the
population, while Israeli Arabs – an estimated 20% of the population –
comprised over 40% of offenders the same year, according to figures released
Tuesday by the Central Bureau of Statistics.
The overwhelming percentage of offenders charged with
crimes in 2010 were men, and most of them were repeat offenders.
According to the report, 45,275 people were charged with
crimes in Israel in 2010, over 90% of them adults. Of those, around 90% were men
and more than half (53.6%) were repeat offenders. Eighty-six percent were found
guilty of at least one of the charges against them.
The report said that adults are more than twice as likely
to get convicted of crimes than minors, and that the most common offenses
committed by adults fall in the category of public disorder. For juveniles,
property crimes make up the majority of arrests.
The report also found that non-citizens make up 18% of
those charged with crimes, a significantly higher percentage than their
proportion of the population. Of these non-citizens, 97% were either
Palestinians from the West Bank or tourists. Among juveniles, 24% of offenders
were non-citizens, and almost all (99%) were Palestinians from the West Bank.
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