FACTOID # 3: Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms.
 
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South America > Uruguay > Crime

Car thefts 4,517 [24th of 46]
Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 2.41 % Time series [19th of 39]
Death penalty > Abolition date 1,907 [62nd of 64]
Drug offences 857 per 100,000 people [37th of 46]
Frauds 1,209 [33rd of 48]
Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 35.2941 [10th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 2.5172 [11th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Non-firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 4.6149 [17th of 32]
Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 7.1321 [16th of 32]
Manslaughters 38 [24th of 42]
Murders committed by youths 36 [49th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 3.6 [31st of 57]
Murders with firearms 109 [14th of 36]
Prisoners 7,100 prisoners [81st of 168]
Prisoners > Per capita 209 per 100,000 people [36th of 164]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled 150.8% [34th of 128]
Software piracy rate 69% [42nd of 107]
Total crimes 134,010 [25th of 50]
United States extradition treaties > Citation TIAS 10850.
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 4.4 [86th of 143]

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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); World Development Indicators database; 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); Wikipedia: Gun violence ; 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; 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); Wikipedia: List of United States extradition treaties ; 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: Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay

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