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Africa > Senegal > Crime

SENEGALESE CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 11 % ... [11th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights 9 % ... [9th of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 14 % ... [14th of 39]
Illicit drugs
transshipment point for Southwest and Southeast Asian heroin and South American cocaine moving to Europe and North America; illicit cultivator of cannabis
Managers finding crime a restraint 16% ... [16th of 0]
Prisoners 90 prisoners [90th of 164]
Prisoners > Female 74% [74th of 134]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 40% [40th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 127 per 100,000 people [127th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 65% [65th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 22% [22nd of 128]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 75 [75th of 116]

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SOURCES: Corruption measures the share of senior managers who ranked corruption as a major or very severe constraint.; 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.”; Courts measure the share of senior managers who ranked courts and dispute resolution systems as a major or very severe constraint.; Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. ; Crime measures the share of senior managers who ranked crime, theft, and disorder as a major or very severe constraint.; Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held. Different reporting practices mean that that statistics, whilst broadly correct, are not exact. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reporst that a further 110,284 juveniles were held in custodial institutions at October 2000 and a further 1,912 in 'jails in Indian country' at 30.6.2001.; Female prisoners, expressed as a percentage share of the total prison population. Data for 2003.; Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population. Data for 2003.; Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held per 100,000 population.; The percentage of the prison population that is being held pre-trial / on remand. Data for 2003.; 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.; Number of unpaid parking fines incurred in Britain in 1991 by diplomats protected by diplomatic immunity. According to Mr Lennox-Boyd, Forty alleged serious offences by persons entitled to diplomatic immunity were drawn to the attention of the Foreign and Commonwealth Office in 1991. "Serious offences" are defined in accordance with the Report to the Foreign Affairs Committee "The Abuse of Diplomatic Immunities and Privileges"--1985--as offences falling into a category which would in certain circumstances attract a maximum penalty of six months or more imprisonment. The majority involved drinking and driving, and shoplifting. Seven diplomats were withdrawn from their posts in Britain in 1991 following alleged offences, as against six in the previous year.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Senegal, Republic of Senegal, Republique du Senegal

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