NationMaster - Barbadian Crime statistics

Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms	28.5714	[12th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	2.9963	[10th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	7.4906	[13th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	10.4869	[12th of 32]
Illicit drugs one of many Caribbean transshipment points for narcotics bound for Europe and the US; offshore financial center
Prisoners	992 prisoners	[123rd of 168]
Prisoners > Female	4.5%	[55th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners	14.3%	[32nd of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita	367 per 100,000 people	[14th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	22.6%	[95th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	302.4%	[1st of 128]
United States extradition treaties > Date signed	February 28, 1996
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force	March 3, 2000

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SOURCES: Wikipedia: Gun violence ; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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); International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Barbados

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