FACTOID # 8: Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
 
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South America > Colombia > Crime

Acquitted 18,971 [12th of 30]
Car thefts 33,135 [15th of 46]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 2.64 % Time series [17th of 39]
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,910 [61st of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,909 [39th of 55]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 45.2092 [3rd of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 51.7683 [2nd of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 114.5083 [2nd of 32]
Jails 168 [18th of 80]
Murders committed by youths 12,834 [2nd of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 84.4 [1st of 57]
Murders with firearms 21,898 [2nd of 36]
Prisoners 54,034 prisoners [28th of 168]
Prisoners > Female 6.1% [27th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 0.6% [76th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 126 per 100,000 people [69th of 164]
Sentence Length 137 [1st of 21]
Software piracy rate 58% [61st of 107]
Total crimes 214,192 [31st of 50]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0 [136th of 143]

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SOURCES: 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); 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); World Development Indicators database; Last updated: 01/04/03; Wikipedia: Gun violence ; 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); World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Colombia, Republic of Colombia, Republica de Colombia, columbia

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COLOMBIA IS A HIDDEN GEM
16th May 2011 		I HAVE TRAVELED TO COLOMBIA ALOT RECENTLY AND CAN HONESTLY STATE THAT COLOMBIA IS A HIDDEN GEM AND IN A WAY GOOD THAT NOT EVERYONE TAKES THE TIME TO LOOK INTO THE BEAUTIES AND OPPORTUNITIES THAT THIS COUNTRY HAD TO OFFER. THIS WAY IT STAYS PURE AND NOT RUINED. EVERY COUNTRY HAS IT'S FLAWS BUT THE ONLY RISK IN COLOMBIA IS LOVING IT AND NOT WANTING TO LEAVE.
carlos
1st February 2010 		You should get more recent statistics... if you look at the crime rates in Colombia over the last 7 years you will see that murders, kidnappings and overall crime has been drastically reduced. If you want to be considered a serious source of information, you should update your sources more frequently.
Arnald
13th January 2010 		Mr. Baron,

Sorry to say that your website has a 1988 posting date with no statistics at all. It does however explain how the country came to be.

I was looking for crime data for years 2003-2007.

Regards,
Arnald
Mr. X
1st December 2009 		#1 in murder pc, What a shame!!
kelloyed
29th November 2009 		Xander,
Same thing happened to me! 11 years and there is a huge difference! I was actually using that video on a persuasive speech I have to do! :)
Xander
29th June 2009 		Stats are all wrong they are 10 years old. I just returned from Colombia after 11 years. what a change from 1998. This will explain PBS:
http://www.hulu.com/watch/67737/design-e2-bogot%C3%A1-building-a-sustainable-city
Wilson Barón
29th June 2005 		Hello,

I'm Chief of Criminologycal investigation Center of Colombian National Police. This office is the official statistics source (in criminals matters)in Colombia. I read yours figures and saw that some of them are not real, so , I would like to know which are your sources? We have everything about crime in our web site.

Official mail is: cic@dijin.policia.gov.co

Sincerely,


Wilson Baron
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