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Strength of correlation (R squared): NA
Outliers:
United States
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| Variable: |
Crime > Rapes |
Democracy > Presidential elections > Voting age population |
| Plot Display: |
Logarithmic (base 10) |
Linear |
| Definition: |
Total recorded rapes. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence. |
International IDEA has chosen to use not only the reported registration rate to calculate turnout percentages, but also the voting age population (VAP) which includes all citizens above the legal voting age |
| 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) |
Institute for Democracy and Electoral Assistance 2003 |
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