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Middle East > Turkey > Crime

TURKISH CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 2 [2nd of 49]
Adults prosecuted 2 [2nd of 33]
Assaults 12 [12th of 57]
Car thefts 24 [24th of 55]
Convicted 5 [5th of 56]
Drug offences 32 per 100,000 people [32nd of 34]
Females prosecuted 7 [7th of 33]
Frauds 24 [24th of 61]
Jails 8 [8th of 62]
Police 6 [6th of 48]
Prisoners 19 prisoners [19th of 164]
Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 58% [58th of 86]
Prisoners > Per capita 99 per 100,000 people [99th of 164]
Rapes 24 [24th of 65]
Robberies 47 [47th of 64]
Sentence Length 25 [25th of 34]
Software piracy losses $28.00 [28th of 84]
Software piracy rate 34% [34th of 84]
Total crimes 28 [28th of 60]
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 11 [11th of 116]

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SOURCES: Total acquitted in criminal courts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total recorded automobile thefts. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Drug offence cases per 100,000 population (2000).; Total number of female prisoners. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total recorded frauds. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; 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.; Total number of police; 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.; 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.; Total recorded rapes. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total recorded robberies. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; Total sentence length; The piracy losses are calculated using the known size of the legitimate software market of the country and using the piracy rate to derive the retail value of the software that was not paid for (Data is for 2004).; Piracy rate - the number of pirated software units divided by the total number of units put into use (Data is for 2004).; Note: Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.; 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: Turkey, Republic of Turkey, Turkiye Cumhuriyeti, Turkiye

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