NationMaster - Jamaican Crime statistics

Assaults	10,833	[30th of 49]
Burglaries	2,426	[44th of 38]
Car thefts	258	[50th of 46]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	45.56 %	[2nd of 39]
Illicit drugs transshipment point for cocaine from South America to North America and Europe; illicit cultivation and consumption of cannabis; government has an active manual cannabis eradication program; corruption is a major concern; substantial money-laundering activity; Colombian narcotics traffickers favor Jamaica for illicit financial transactions
Jails	7	[51st of 80]
Murders	887	[17th of 49]
Murders committed by youths	2	[72nd of 73]
Police	7,033	[41st of 47]
Prisoners	4,744 prisoners	[95th of 168]
Prisoners > Female	7.3%	[13th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners	4%	[48th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita	176 per 100,000 people	[43rd of 164]
Rapes	1,304	[22nd of 50]
Robberies	2,331	[43rd of 47]
Sentence Length	2	[32nd of 21]
Total crimes	39,188	[47th of 50]
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation Jamaica is a source country for men, women, and children trafficked for the purposes of sexual exploitation and labor; information suggests that women from the Dominican Republic and Eastern Europe are also trafficked to Jamaica for sexual exploitation; women and children are trafficked internally from rural to urban and tourist areas for sexual exploitation; there may also be trafficking for domestic servitude and forced labor
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating Tier 2 Watch List - Jamaica is placed on the Tier 2 Watch List based on the determination that it is making significant efforts to undertake future action
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	0	[129th 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); World Development Indicators database; 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; Cultures of Corruption: Evidence from Diplomatic Parking Tickets Ray Fisman Edward Miguel Columbia University and NBER University of California, Berkeley and NBER 2006

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COMMENTARY

Donna Marin (USA) 17th April 2007	Mr. Everton Green is probably one of those so call Jamaicans who are trying so hard to assimilate into another society/culture that his ignorance and arrogance is overlooked or unknown to him. In other words he is an idiot. I am a Jamaican female who loves Jamaica. There are problems there like everywhere else in the world, but he vast majority of Jamaicans are hard workers that poses excellent moral and ethical values. If you visit NY city or LA you would not wonder or should not wonder off into the gang or drug areas, the same applies to Jamaica be smart and safe.
Suchita Vemuri Staff Editor 24th March 2005	Hi Kay, crime has adversely affected tourism in parts of Jamaica, according to the country's Tourism Minister Aloun N'Dombet Assamba, and tourists are warned what precautions to take while planning any travel to Jamaica.
Candice 3rd December 2004	I would love to get statistics about crime in jamaica particularly those in garrison communities

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