FACTOID # 14: India’s criminal courts acquitted over a million defendants in 1999, more than the next 48 surveyed countries combined.
 
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North America > Canada > Crime

CANADIAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 15,303 [6th of 30]
Assault victims 2.3% [5th of 20]
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)
Death penalty > Last executed 1,962 [20th of 55]
Source: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin
Drug offences 92,590 per 100,000 people [3rd of 46]
Source: Last updated: 01/04/03
Illicit drugs
illicit producer of cannabis for the domestic drug market and export to US; use of hydroponics technology permits growers to plant large quantities of high-quality marijuana indoors; increasing ecstasy production, some of which is destined for the US; vulnerable to narcotics money laundering because of its mature financial services sector
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)
Kidnappings 2,933 kidnappings [3rd of 39]
Source: All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008
Murders 523 [15th of 49]
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)
Murders with firearms 144 [9th of 36]
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)
Perception of safety > Walking in dark 82% [3rd of 15]
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)
Police 58,422 [12th of 47]
Source: UN International Crime Victims' Survey
Prisoners 35,519 prisoners [17th of 168]
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)
Prisoners > Per capita 116 per 100,000 people [73rd of 164]
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)
Rape victims 0.8% [8th of 20]
Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief
Rapes 24,350 [3rd of 50]
Source: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin
Robberies 26,700 [10th of 47]
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)
Software piracy rate 33% [91st of 107]
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)
Suicide rates in ages 15-24 15 per 100,000 people [4th of 17]
Source: Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study
Suicide rates in ages 25-34 18 per 100,000 people [8th of 17]
Source: GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Total crime victims 23.8% [7th of 20]
Source: GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3
Total crimes 2,516,918 [6th of 50]
Source: UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin

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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); UNICRI (United Nations Interregional Crime and Justice Research Institute). 2002. Correspondence on data on crime victims. March. Turin; 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); 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); UN International Crime Victims' Survey; International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief; Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; GECD Society at a Glance 2001, Statistical Annex Table D3

ALTERNATIVE NAMES: Canada, Canada & Newfoundland

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