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Europe > Switzerland > Crime

Assault victims 1% [17th of 20]
Believe in police efficiency 67% [11th of 17]
Bribe payers index 7.7 [5th of 19]
Car thefts 65,571 [8th of 46]
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,992 [25th of 64]
Death penalty > Last executed 1,944 [31st of 55]
Drug offences 49,201 per 100,000 people [5th of 46]
Jails 163 [12th of 80]
Murders committed by youths 17 [59th of 73]
Murders with firearms 68 [17th of 36]
Perception of safety > Walking in dark 77% [10th of 15]
Prisoners 4,982 prisoners [40th of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 72 per 100,000 people [110th of 164]
Rape victims 0.6% [12th of 20]
Software piracy rate 25% [103rd of 107]
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 17.9 per 100,000 people [3rd of 17]
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 18.8 per 100,000 people [6th of 17]
Total crime victims 18.2% [18th of 20]
Total crimes 307,631 [21st of 50]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0.1 [123rd of 143]

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SOURCES: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; UN International Crime Victims' Survey; Transparency 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); Last updated: 01/04/03; 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; GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3; 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: Switzerland, Swiss Confederation, Schweizerische Eidgenossenschaft, Confederation Suisse, Confederazione Svizzera, Schweiz, Suisse, Svizzera

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