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> % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	18.17 %		[8th of 38]
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Acquitted	306,445		[2nd of 30]
DEFINITION: Total acquitted in criminal courts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Adults prosecuted	2,060,060		[2nd of 28]
DEFINITION: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
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)
Car thefts	14,954		[24th of 46]
DEFINITION: Total recorded automobile thefts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
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)
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint	16.73 %		[17th of 39]
DEFINITION: Corruption measures the share of senior managers who ranked corruption as a major or very severe constraint.		View time series
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)
Courts > % of managers surveyed lacking confidence in courts to uphold property rights	28.47 %		[31st 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
Drug offences	4.6 per 100,000 people		[32nd of 46]
DEFINITION: Drug offence cases per 100,000 population (2000).
SOURCE: World Development Indicators database
Frauds	10,696		[24th of 48]
DEFINITION: Total recorded frauds. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
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)
Jails	504		[4th of 80]
DEFINITION: Total number of adult prisons, penal or correctional institutions (excluding temporary jail lock-ups). Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
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)
Manslaughters	2,175		[5th of 42]
DEFINITION: Total recorded non-intentional homicides. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
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	64,051 prisoners		[8th of 168]
DEFINITION: Total persons incarcerated
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 > Female	3.7%		[76th 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 > Foreign prisoners	1.7%		[58th of 86]
DEFINITION: Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population. Data for 2003.
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Prisoners > Per capita	92 per 100,000 people		[99th 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	91.1%		[103rd 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
Sentence Length	9		[25th of 21]
DEFINITION: Total average sentence length served
SOURCE: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Software piracy rate	65%		[51st 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: 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)
Total crimes	286,482		[28th of 50]
DEFINITION: Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
SOURCE: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
United States extradition treaties > Citation	32 UST 3111.
DEFINITION:
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)
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	0		[143rd 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

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