Drug offences
26,477 per 100,000 people
201 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. 131 times more than Nepal
Ranked 46th.
Frauds
49,482
74
DEFINITION:
Total recorded frauds . 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. 668 times more than Nepal
Ranked 47th.
Jails
181
73
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. 148% more than Nepal
Ranked 20th.
Manslaughters
193
1,336
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.
Ranked 5th. 6 times more than Japan
Police
SOURCE:
Wikipedia: List of countries by size of police forces
Prisoners
69,502 prisoners
7,132 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. 9 times more than Nepal
Ranked 36th.
Prisoners > Female
5.7%
7.1%
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.
Ranked 15th. 25% more than Japan
Prisoners > Per capita
54.0 per 100,000 people
29.0 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. 86% more than Nepal
Ranked 152nd.
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees
17.3%
59.8%
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 115th.
Ranked 20th. 2 times more than Japan
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled
106.5%
142.6%
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 84th.
Ranked 40th. 34% more than Japan
Prosecutions > Murders
696 %
348 %
DEFINITION:
Number of prosecutions for intentional homicides 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 18th in 2006. 100% more than Nepal
Ranked 26th in 2006.
Prosecution rate
141
5
DEFINITION:
Number of people prosecuted.
SOURCE:
European Institute for Crime Prevention and Control International Statistics on Crime and Justice , 2011
Ranked 32nd in 2006. 27 times more than Nepal
Ranked 45th in 2006.
Rapes
1.5
0.8
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 69th in 2006. 88% more than Nepal
Ranked 75th in 2006.
Robberies
4
0.5
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 64th in 2006. 7 times more than Nepal
Ranked 71st in 2006.
Serious assaults
26.7
0.1
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 20th in 2006. 266 times more than Nepal
Ranked 56th in 2006.
Serious assault rate
26.7
0.1
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 17th. 266 times more than Nepal
Ranked 46th.
Smuggling of migrants > Convictions
12
60
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 19th in 2006.
Ranked 9th in 2006. 4 times more than Japan
Total crimes
2,853,739
8,872
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. 321 times more than Nepal
Ranked 48th.
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
0
16.5
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 41st.
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