Acquitted
73
108
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 25th. 48% more than Japan
Adults prosecuted
162,882
15,508
DEFINITION:
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. 10 times more than Latvia
Ranked 21st.
Car thefts
62,673
2,845
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 9th. 21 times more than Latvia
Ranked 28th.
Drug offences
26,477 per 100,000 people
629 per 100,000 people
DEFINITION:
Drug offence cases per 100,000 population (2000).
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 10th. 41 times more than Latvia
Ranked 39th.
Jails
181
8,110
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 10th.
Ranked 1st. 44 times more than Japan
Manslaughters
193
11
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 13th. 17 times more than Latvia
Ranked 36th.
Murders committed by youths
127
55
DEFINITION:
Homicide rates among youths aged 10–29 years by country or area: most recent year available (variable 1990–1999).
SOURCE:
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health , 2002
Ranked 32nd. 131% more than Latvia
Ranked 42nd.
Murders committed by youths per capita
0.4
7.8
DEFINITION:
Homicide rate per 100,000 population aged 10–29 years
SOURCE:
World Health Organization: World report on violence and health , 2002
Ranked 57th.
Ranked 19th. 19 times more than Japan
Murders with firearms
47
28
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 20th. 68% more than Latvia
Ranked 24th.
Police
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by size of police forces
Prisoners
69,502 prisoners
8,483 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 7th. 7 times more than Latvia
Ranked 33rd.
Prisoners > Female
5.7%
5.3%
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 33rd. 8% more than Latvia
Ranked 41st.
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners
6.5%
0.6%
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 42nd. 10 times more than Latvia
Ranked 73rd.
Prisoners > Per capita
54.0 per 100,000 people
339.0 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 126th.
Ranked 19th. 5 times more than Japan
Software piracy rate
23%
56%
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 104th.
Ranked 65th. 143% more than Japan
Total crimes
2,853,739
49,329
DEFINITION:
Note : 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 4th. 57 times more than Latvia
Ranked 35th.
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
0
0
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 137th.
Ranked 128th.
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