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PCBS | Reported Crimes Against Morality in Palestine by Type of Criminal Offense and Governorate, 2023

Reported Crimes Against Morality in Palestine by Type of Criminal Offense and Governorate, 2023
Publish Date:09-07-2024
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Type of Criminal OffenseJeninTubas & Northern ValleysTulkarmNablusQalqiliyaSafitRamallah & Al- BirehJericho & Al-AghwarJerusalemBethlehemHebronTotal
Rape300000310119
Attempted Rape82509262211653
Adultery212001000006
Sexual harassment353055225071368
Obscene Act4105191412932105102
Drunkenness\ Riots in Public Place10002014002120
Cursing and Humiliation\ and Insult1323411316021417521071621534111735
Others15613942121839130392685
Total30919113218125636737585661875292678

Note: Data excluded Gaza Strip and those parts of Jerusalem which were annexed by Israeli Occupation in 1967.
"Definition:
Immoral Offenses: Violation of honor and ethical deterioration, including any ethical abuse, sexual abnormality or violation of a duty against another or the society in general. Moreover, moral offenses involve behavior contrary to justice, honesty or manner as well as any act violating proper conduct, e.g. unjust / unfair practices and misuse.
Rape: A dissolute act involving compulsory sexual intercourse with a female aged ten years or more. Rape applies also to a dissolute act involving compulsory or voluntarily sexual intercourse with a female aged less than ten years. Silence or acceptance of the victim, coupled with deceit and fraud from the offender’s side, or threatening of the raped shall not be considered a pretext for the rape. Such act shall not be considered rape if associated with acceptance of the woman or when here acceptance involves some hesitation undermined by minor use of force. It is not considered rape if the woman’s refusal is verbal only.
Harassment: Is a provocation to a person, or is all that inflame the feelings of another person and raise his temper and pushed him to violence, and there are two types of provocation, aprovocation mastermind who gives the recipe for recipe for this premeditated act, and provocation is a mastermind who lose prescription manslaughter."
Source: Directorate General of the Palestinian Police
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