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Asia > Tajikistan > Crime

TAJIKISTANI CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 21 % ... [21st of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights 23 % ... [23rd of 39]
Courts > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 32 % ... [32nd of 39]
Illicit drugs
major transit country for Afghan narcotics bound for Russian and, to a lesser extent, Western European markets; limited illicit cultivation of opium poppy for domestic consumption; Tajikistan seizes roughly 80% of all drugs captured in Central Asia and stands third worldwide in seizures of opiates (heroin and raw opium); significant consumer of opiates
Managers finding crime a restraint 30% ... [30th of 0]
Murders committed by youths 33 [33rd of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 26 [26th of 0]
Prisoners 162 prisoners [162nd of 164]
Prisoners > Per capita 53 per 100,000 people [53rd of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees 142% [142nd of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 128% [128th of 128]

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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.; Homicide rates among youths aged 10–29 years by country or area: most recent year available (variable 1990–1999).; Homicide rate per 100,000 population aged 10–29 years; 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.; 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.

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Tajikistan, Republic of Tajikistan, Jumhurii Tojikiston, Tojikiston

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