Car thefts
139,094
93,133
DEFINITION:
Total recorded automobile thefts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime , than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 8th.
Ranked 6th.
Death penalty > Abolition date
1,985
1,997
DEFINITION:
Amnesty International
SOURCE:
Last updated: 01/04/03
Ranked 44th.
Ranked 15th. 1% more than Australia
Death penalty > Last executed
1,967
1,991
DEFINITION:
Amnesty International
SOURCE:
Last updated: 01/04/03
Ranked 18th.
Ranked 5th. 1% more than Australia
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
0.3073
74.5748
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Gun violence
Ranked 26th.
Ranked 1st. 242 times more than Australia
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
16.3435
59.2028
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Gun violence
Ranked 21st.
Ranked 2nd. 3 times more than Australia
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
1.8802
125.965
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: Gun violence
Ranked 27th.
Ranked 1st. 66 times more than Australia
Jails
153
228
DEFINITION:
Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups). Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime , than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 6th. 49% more than Australia
Manslaughters
296
11,202
DEFINITION:
Total recorded non-intentional homicides. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime , than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002) (United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 2nd. 37 times more than Australia
Murders with firearms
59
31,918
DEFINITION:
Total recorded intentional homicides committed with a firearm. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime , than actual prevalence.
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 21st.
Ranked 1st. 540 times more than Australia
Police
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by size of police forces
Prisoners
22,492 prisoners
181,944 prisoners
DEFINITION:
Total persons incarcerated
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 21st.
Ranked 2nd. 7 times more than Australia
Prisoners > Female
6.7%
2.2%
DEFINITION:
Female prisoners , expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population . Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 19th. 2 times more than South Africa
Ranked 107th.
Prisoners > Per capita
116.0 per 100,000 people
402.0 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population .
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 74th.
Ranked 10th. 2 times more than Australia
Sentence Length
41.8
48.08
DEFINITION:
Total average sentence length served
SOURCE:
The Eighth United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations of Criminal Justice Systems (2002)
(United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, Centre for International Crime Prevention)
Ranked 14th.
Ranked 13th. 15% more than Australia
Software piracy rate
28%
34%
DEFINITION:
The piracy rate is the total number of units of pirated software deployed in 2007 divided by the total units of software installed.
SOURCE:
Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Ranked 95th.
Ranked 89th. 21% more than Australia
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
0
34
DEFINITION:
Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.
SOURCE:
Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets
Ray Fisman Edward Miguel
Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006
Ranked 130th.
Ranked 26th.
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