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Assaults
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2,097 |
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[37th of 49]
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Embezzlements
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19 |
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[31st of 36]
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Executions
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1 executions |
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[18th of 22]
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Frauds
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140 |
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[46th of 48]
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Jails
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2,566 |
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[2nd of 80]
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Kidnappings
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281 kidnappings |
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[9th of 39]
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Manslaughters
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32 |
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[26th of 42]
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Murders
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23 |
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[43rd of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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14 |
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[62nd of 73]
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Police
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25,983 |
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[23rd of 47]
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Prisoners
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2,946 prisoners |
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[43rd of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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102 per 100,000 people |
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[90th of 164]
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Robberies
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274 |
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[39th of 47]
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Sentence Length
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2,183 |
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[6th of 21]
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Software piracy rate
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62% |
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[52nd of 107]
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Total crimes
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19,350 |
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[42nd of 50]
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Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Current situation
Kuwait is a destination country for men and women who migrate legally from South and Southeast Asia for domestic or low-skilled labor, but are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude by employers in Kuwait including conditions of physical and sexual abuse, non-payment of wages, confinement to the home, and withholding of passports to restrict their freedom of movement; Kuwait is reportedly a transit point for South and East Asian workers recruited for low-skilled work in Iraq; some of these workers are deceived as to the true location and nature of this work, and others are subjected to conditions of involuntary servitude in Iraq |
Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 3 - insufficient efforts in 2007 to prosecute and punish abusive employers and those who traffic women for sexual exploitation; the government failed for the fourth year in a row to live up to promises to provide shelter and protective services for victims of involuntary domestic servitude and other forms of trafficking |
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Unpaid diplomatic parking fines
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246.2 |
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[1st 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); Amnesty International; 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; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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:
Kuwait, State of Kuwait, Dawlat al Kuwayt, Al Kuwayt
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