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Acquitted
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1,456 |
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[15th of 30]
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Assaults
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4,542 |
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[32nd of 49]
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Burglaries
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496 |
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[34th of 38]
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Car thefts
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3,069 |
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[27th of 46]
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Illicit drugs
transshipment point for cocaine; small amounts of marijuana produced for local consumption; significant use of cocaine |
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Jails
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21 |
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[36th of 80]
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Kidnappings
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19 kidnappings |
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[24th of 39]
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Murders
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2,024 |
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[6th of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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1,147 |
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[10th of 73]
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Murders committed by youths per capita
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50.2 |
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[2nd of 57]
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Murders with firearms
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1,441 |
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[5th of 36]
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Police
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16,149 |
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[29th of 47]
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Prisoners
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11,055 prisoners |
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[29th of 168]
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Prisoners > Female
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4.8% |
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[49th of 134]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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158 per 100,000 people |
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[56th of 164]
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Rapes
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842 |
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[21st of 50]
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Robberies
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5,327 |
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[21st of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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81% |
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[25th of 107]
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Total crimes
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44,762 |
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[36th of 50]
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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1.7 |
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[109th 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); 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:
El Salvador, Republic of El Salvador, Republica de El Salvador
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