Jails
198
10
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 9th. 19 times more than Jordan
Ranked 43rd.
Police officers
191.4 %
115.9 %
DEFINITION:
Number of police officers per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 25th in 2006. 65% more than Jordan
Ranked 29th in 2006.
Prisoners
35,519 prisoners
5,589 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 17th. 5 times more than Jordan
Ranked 39th.
Prisoners > Female
5%
1.6%
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 45th. 2 times more than Jordan
Ranked 122nd.
Prisoners > Per capita
116.0 per 100,000 people
106.0 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 73rd. 9% more than Jordan
Ranked 84th.
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
21.1%
41.8%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of the prison population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 103rd.
Ranked 43rd. 98% more than Canada
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
94.3%
80.1%
DEFINITION:
The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 99th. 18% more than Jordan
Ranked 114th.
Prison staff
92.5 %
45.4 %
DEFINITION:
Number of correction staff in adult prisons per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 10th in 2006. 104% more than Jordan
Ranked 33rd in 2006.
Prosecutions > Adults
372,084
3,109
DEFINITION:
Number of people prosecuted. Prosecutions are cases that made it to court, regardless of the verdict.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 4th in 2006. 119 times more than Jordan
Ranked 42nd in 2006.
Prosecutions > Juveniles
56,463
3,109
DEFINITION:
Number of juveniles who were prosecuted in the given year. Prosecutions are cases that made it to court, regardless of the verdict.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 2nd in 2006. 17 times more than Jordan
Ranked 18th in 2006.
Prosecution rate
1,313
3,109
DEFINITION:
Number of people prosecuted.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 12th in 2006.
Ranked 4th in 2006. 137% more than Canada
Rapes
68.2
1.9
DEFINITION:
Number of sexual assaults recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 1st in 2006. 35 times more than Jordan
Ranked 66th in 2006.
Robberies
94.2
14
DEFINITION:
Number of robberies recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 16th in 2006. 6 times more than Jordan
Ranked 58th in 2006.
Serious assaults
173.8
11.5
DEFINITION:
Number of major assaults recorded by police in that country per 100,000 population.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 2nd in 2006. 14 times more than Jordan
Ranked 31st in 2006.
Serious assault rate
173.8
11.5
DEFINITION:
Number of major assaults recorded by police per 100,000 population
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 2nd. 14 times more than Jordan
Ranked 25th.
Software piracy rate
33%
60%
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 91st.
Ranked 57th. 82% more than Canada
United States extradition treaties > Citation
27 UST 983; TIAS 8237.
1995 U.S.T. LEXIS 215.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
December 3, 1971
March 28, 1995
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
March 22, 1976
July 29, 1995
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
0
2.9
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 134th.
Ranked 100th.
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