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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	3.05 %		[12th of 38]
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	14.84 %		[4th of 39]
DEFINITION: Corruption measures the share of senior managers who ranked corruption as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	74.12 %		[2nd of 39]
DEFINITION: Lack confidence that courts uphold property rights is the share of senior managers who do not agree with the statement: “I am confident that the judicial system will enforce my contractual and property rights in business disputes.”		View time series
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation CSI - En la Escena del Crimen
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Death penalty > Abolition date	1,992		[26th of 64]
DEFINITION: Amnesty International
SOURCE: Wikipedia: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
Death penalty > Last executed	1,928		[37th of 55]
DEFINITION: Amnesty International
SOURCE: Last updated: 01/04/03
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms	37.8987		[8th of 32]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Last updated: 01/04/03
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	7.3508		[5th of 32]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	12.0451		[5th of 32]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.	19.3959		[5th of 32]
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Murders committed by youths	191		[22nd of 73]
DEFINITION: Homicide rates among youths aged 10–29 years by country or area: most recent year available (variable 1990–1999).
SOURCE: Wikipedia: Gun violence
Murders committed by youths per capita	10.4		[15th of 57]
DEFINITION: Homicide rate per 100,000 population aged 10–29 years
SOURCE: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Prisoners	4,088 prisoners		[99th of 168]
DEFINITION: Total persons incarcerated
SOURCE: World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002
Prisoners > Female	11.3%		[4th of 134]
DEFINITION: Female prisoners, expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population. Data for 2003.
SOURCE: 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)
Prisoners > Per capita	75 per 100,000 people		[109th of 164]
DEFINITION: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	151%		[33rd of 128]
DEFINITION: The percentage of the offical prison capacity filled. This is obtained by comparing the number of prisoners in a nation to the offical capacity of the nation's prison system. Data for 2003.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Software piracy rate	82%		[22nd of 107]
DEFINITION: The piracy rate is the total number of units of pirated software deployed in 2007 divided by the total units of software installed.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
United States extradition treaties > Date signed	November 9, 1998
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force	March 9, 2001
DEFINITION:
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	13		[49th of 143]
DEFINITION: Average Unpaid Annual New York City Parking Violations per Diplomat, 11/1997 to 11/2002.
SOURCE: Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties

Interesting facts on Paraguayan Crime

• Women make up more than 10% of the prison population in only six countries: Thailand, , Qatar, Paraguay, Costa Rica, and Singapore.

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