NationMaster - Uruguayan Crime statistics

Death penalty > Abolition date	1,907	[62nd of 64]
Kidnappings	8 kidnappings	[35th of 39]
Manslaughters	38	[24th of 42]
Murders	217	[23rd of 49]
Murders committed by youths	36	[49th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita	3.6	[31st of 0]
Murders with firearms	109	[14th of 36]
Police	18,173	[28th of 47]
Prisoners	7,100 prisoners	[81st of 0]
Prisoners > Per capita	209 per 100,000 people	[36th of 164]
Prisoners > Pre-trial detainees	72.5%	[7th of 143]
Prisoners > Share of prison capacity filled	150.8%	[34th of 128]
Rapes	303	[31st of 50]
Robberies	10,282	[14th of 47]
Software piracy rate	69%	[42nd of 107]
Total crimes	134,010	[25th of 50]
United States extradition treaties > Citation	TIAS 10850.
United States extradition treaties > Date signed	April 6, 1973
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force	April 11, 1984
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines	4.4	[86th of 143]

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SOURCES: 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); 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); 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; 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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