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Acquitted
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1,753 |
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[26th of 30]
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Assaults
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2,284 |
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[35th of 49]
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Car thefts
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4,385 |
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[25th of 46]
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Death penalty > Abolition date
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1,877 |
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[64th of 64]
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Drug offences
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1,099 per 100,000 people |
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[33rd of 46]
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Illicit drugs
transshipment country for cocaine and heroin from South America; illicit production of cannabis in remote areas; domestic cocaine consumption, particularly crack cocaine, is rising; significant consumption of amphetamines |
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Kidnappings
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16 kidnappings |
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[25th of 39]
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Murders
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254 |
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[19th of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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75 |
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[39th of 73]
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Murders committed by youths per capita
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5.5 |
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[27th of 57]
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Murders with firearms
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131 |
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[11th of 36]
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Police
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10,124 |
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[38th of 47]
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Prisoners
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8,526 prisoners |
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[71st of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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229 per 100,000 people |
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[32nd of 164]
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Rapes
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633 |
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[23rd of 50]
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Robberies
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19,293 |
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[12th of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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61% |
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[55th of 107]
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Total crimes
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40,263 |
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[37th of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - Costa Rica is on the Tier 2 Watch List for its failure to provide evidence of increasing efforts to combat human trafficking, particularly in terms of its failure to improve its inadequate assistance to victims; while Costa Rican officials recognize human trafficking as a serious problem, the lack of a stronger response by the government is of concern |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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10.1 |
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[60th 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); Last updated: 01/04/03; 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); 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:
Costa Rica, Republic of Costa Rica, Republica de Costa Rica
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