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Acquitted
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385 |
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[22nd of 30]
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Assaults
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1,668 |
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[38th of 49]
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Burglaries
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6,989 |
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[28th of 38]
|
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Car thefts
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5,716 |
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[21st of 46]
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Death penalty > Abolition date
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1,998 |
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[11th of 64]
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Death penalty > Last executed
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1,995 |
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[1st of 55]
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Drug offences
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937 per 100,000 people |
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[36th of 46]
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Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
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18.3223
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[18th of 32]
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Illicit drugs
transshipment and destination point for cannabis, cocaine, ecstasy, and opiates from Southwest Asia, Latin America, Western Europe, and neighboring Baltic countries; growing production of high-quality amphetamines, but limited production of cannabis, methamphetamines; susceptible to money laundering despite changes to banking legislation |
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Kidnappings
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26 kidnappings |
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[21st of 39]
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Murders
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293 |
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[17th of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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59 |
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[41st of 73]
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Murders with firearms
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16 |
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[28th of 36]
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Police
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11,678 |
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[35th of 47]
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Prisoners
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11,070 prisoners |
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[28th of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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234 per 100,000 people |
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[31st of 164]
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Rapes
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188 |
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[36th of 50]
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Robberies
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4,535 |
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[22nd of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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56% |
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[66th of 107]
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Total crimes
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92,646 |
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[30th of 50]
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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; Wikipedia: Gun violence
; 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Lithuania, Republic of Lithuania, Lietuvos Respublika, Lietuva
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