1. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015
Aune Flinck and Tuula Kuoppala
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

2. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Criminal and civil cases referred to mediation 2007–2015
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

3. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Criminal cases extracted from mediation referrals by offence category as well as proportion of civil cases in 2014 and 2015, %
*) Property crimes include theft, fraud, embezzlement and unauthorised use.
**) Only homicide and bodily injury offences can be recorded as domestic violence cases in the mediation statistics. For example, defamation offences committed in close relationships are not included in the statistics.
***) Violent crimes include petty assault, assault, aggravated assault, and robbery. Violent crimes committed in close relationships are presented separately in the Figure under domestic violence.
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

4. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Criminal cases extracted from mediation referrals by offence category as well as number of civil cases in 2006–2015
*) The national statistics on mediation in criminal and civil cases begin from 1 June 2006, when the Act on Conciliation in Criminal and Certain Civil Cases entered into force.
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

5. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Mediation referrals for selected criminal cases as a proportion of all crimes solved by the police in , %
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report & Statistics on offences and coercive measures. OSF. Statistics Finland
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

6. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Suspected offenders and complainants/injured parties in criminal and civil cases referred to mediation in 2015 per thousand persons of the same age
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

7. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Suspected offenders and complainants/injured parties by sex, including legal persons in 2015
*) DVC = of which domestic violence cases
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

8. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Age distribution of suspected offenders in mediated criminal and civil cases, 2007–2015, %
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

9. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Age distribution of offenders in crimes under the Criminal Code recorded by the police and suspected offenders referred to mediation, 2015, %
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report & Source: Statistics on offences and coercive measures. OSF. Statistics Finland.
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

10. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Domestic violence cases as a percentage of all civil and criminal cases referred to mediation, by regional state administrative agency, 2014 and 2015, %
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

11. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Monetary value of compensations in mediated criminal and civil cases, by regional state administrative agency in , €
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

12. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Comparison by regional state administrative agencies 2015
*) Includes all persons aged 15 and over on by region. 15 is the age limit for criminal liability in Finland.
**) Includes also all civil cases referred to mediation.
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report and Statistics on offences and coercive measures. OSF. Statistics Finland
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

13. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
The divison of the volunteer criminal and civil case mediators by age, 2015
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report and The volunteer criminal and civil case mediators. THL
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

14. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Criminal and civil cases extracted from mediation referrals per mediator 2007–2015
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

15. Comparison by operating areas 2015
*) Includes all persons aged 15 and over on by region. 15 is the age limit for criminal liability in Finland **) The price of a mediation process consists of the total costs of an operating area divided by the number of mediation cases
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

16. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
Mediation referrals and the criminal, domestic violence and civil cases extracted from them, by regional state administrative agency, 2007–2015
Source: THL, Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases – Statistical Report
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016

17. Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016
A total of criminal and civil cases were referred to mediation in 2015.
The number of criminal and civil cases referred to mediation increased by 9.5 per cent on 2014.
Violent crimes accounted for 52 per cent of all criminal and civil cases referred to mediation.
Domestic violence cases accounted for 18 per cent of all criminal and civil cases referred to mediation.
The average cost to the society caused by the processing of a criminal and civil case referred to mediation in 2015 was 522,40 €.
Thirty-six per cent of suspected offenders were aged under 21. Eleven per cent of suspected offenders were aged under 15.
Statistical report 12/2016
Mediation in Criminal and Civil Cases 2015/Statistical Report 12/2016