Acquitted
1,199
20,717
DEFINITION:
Total acquitted in criminal courts. 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 27th.
Ranked 5th. 16 times more than Dominican Republic
Death penalty > Abolition date
1,966
1,987
DEFINITION:
Amnesty International
SOURCE:
Last updated: 01/04/03
Ranked 57th.
Ranked 42nd. 1% more than Dominican Republic
Jails
32
209
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 31st.
Ranked 7th. 6 times more than Dominican Republic
Organised crime gang membership > Police recorded offenses
4
840
DEFINITION:
Number of organised crime gang participation offences 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 41st in 2006.
Ranked 5th in 2006. 209 times more than Dominican Republic
Prisoners
13,836 prisoners
74,904 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 55th.
Ranked 6th. 4 times more than Dominican Republic
Prisoners > Female
3.1%
5%
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 88th.
Ranked 47th. 61% more than Dominican Republic
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
5.2%
29.9%
DEFINITION:
Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population . Data for 2003.
SOURCE:
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Ranked 45th.
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Dominican Republic
Prisoners > Per capita
157.0 per 100,000 people
96.0 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 57th. 64% more than Germany
Ranked 93rd.
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
79.8%
21.2%
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 3rd. 3 times more than Germany
Ranked 102nd.
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
175.3%
100.5%
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 19th. 74% more than Germany
Ranked 91st.
Serious assaults
5.9
183.1
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 40th in 2006.
Ranked 1st in 2006. 30 times more than Dominican Republic
Smuggling of migrants > Convictions
4
150
DEFINITION:
Number of people convicted for smuggling migrants by country.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 26th in 2006.
Ranked 7th in 2006. 37 times more than Dominican Republic
Smuggling of migrants > Number prosecuted
6
840
DEFINITION:
Number of people prosecuted for smuggling migrants by country.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 29th in 2006.
Ranked 4th in 2006. 139 times more than Dominican Republic
Smuggling of migrants > Police recorded offences
4
3,572
DEFINITION:
Number of offences relating to smuggling of migrants (people smuggling) as recorded by police in that country.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 44th in 2006.
Ranked 6th in 2006. 892 times more than Dominican Republic
Software piracy rate
79%
27%
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 30th. 193% more than Germany
Ranked 96th.
United States extradition treaties > Citation
36 Stat. 2468; TS 550; 7 Bevans 200
32 UST 1485; TIAS 9785; 1220 UNTS 269. TIAS ; 1909 UNTS 441.
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Date signed
June 19, 1909
June 20, 1978 October 21, 1986
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force
August 2, 1910
August 29, 1980 March 11, 1993
DEFINITION:
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
0.1
1
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 121st.
Ranked 115th. 9 times more than Dominican Republic
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