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Acquitted
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20,668 |
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[10th of 30]
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Assaults
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20,125 |
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[25th of 49]
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Burglaries
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13,222 |
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[32nd of 38]
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Car thefts
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3,276 |
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[35th of 46]
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Drug offences
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428.9 per 100,000 people |
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[6th of 46]
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Executions
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1 executions |
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[28th of 22]
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Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
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79.5805
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[1st of 32]
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Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
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41.4695
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[4th of 32]
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Illicit drugs
a minor producer of opium, heroin, and marijuana; transit point for illicit heroin en route to the international drug market from Burma and Laos; eradication efforts have reduced the area of cannabis cultivation and shifted some production to neighboring countries; opium poppy cultivation has been reduced by eradication efforts; also a drug money-laundering center; minor role in methamphetamine production for regional consumption; major consumer of methamphetamine since the 1990s despite a series of government crackdowns |
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Jails
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134 |
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[19th of 80]
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Murders
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5,140 |
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[8th of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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1,456 |
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[8th of 73]
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Murders with firearms
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20,032 |
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[3rd of 36]
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Police
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215,450 |
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[5th of 47]
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Prisoners
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213,815 prisoners |
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[6th of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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340 per 100,000 people |
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[17th of 164]
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Rapes
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4,020 |
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[14th of 50]
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Robberies
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780 |
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[53rd of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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78% |
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[31st of 107]
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Total crimes
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565,108 |
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[17th 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); Amnesty International; 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
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Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand
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