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Assaults
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10,544 |
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[24th of 49]
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Burglaries
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11,184 |
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[26th of 38]
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Car thefts
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4,517 |
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[24th of 46]
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Death penalty > Abolition date
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1,907 |
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[62nd of 64]
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Drug offences
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857 per 100,000 people |
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[37th of 46]
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Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms
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35.2941
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[10th of 32]
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Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
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2.5172
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[11th of 32]
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Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop.
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7.1321
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[16th of 32]
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Illicit drugs
small-scale transit country for drugs mainly bound for Europe, often through sea-borne containers; law enforcement corruption; money laundering because of strict banking secrecy laws; weak border control along Brazilian frontier; increasing consumption of cocaine base and synthetic drugs |
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Kidnappings
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8 kidnappings |
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[35th of 39]
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Murders
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217 |
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[23rd of 49]
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Murders committed by youths
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36 |
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[49th of 73]
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Murders with firearms
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109 |
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[14th of 36]
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Police
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18,173 |
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[28th of 47]
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Prisoners
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7,100 prisoners |
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[81st of 168]
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Prisoners > Per capita
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209 per 100,000 people |
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[36th of 164]
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Rapes
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303 |
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[31st of 50]
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Robberies
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10,282 |
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[14th of 47]
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Software piracy rate
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69% |
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[42nd of 107]
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Total crimes
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134,010 |
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[25th of 50]
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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); Last updated: 01/04/03; Wikipedia: Gun violence
; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008; 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
ALTERNATIVE NAMES:
Uruguay, Oriental Republic of Uruguay, Republica Oriental del Uruguay
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