FACTOID # 8: Russia has almost twice as many judges and magistrates as the United States. Meanwhile, the United States has 8 times as much crime.
 
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Asia > Korea, South > Crime

KOREAN CRIME STATS:   Top Stats   All Stats  
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Acquitted 1,161 [28th of 30]
Adults prosecuted 1,196,480 [4th of 28]
    Adults prosecuted (per capita) 24.5982 per 1,000 people [6th of 33]
Assaults 14,925 [27th of 49]
    Assaults (per capita) 0.30684 per 1,000 people [46th of 57]
Bribe payers index 3.4 [18th of 19]
Burglaries 3,027 [42nd of 38]
    Burglaries (per capita) 0.0622315 per 1,000 people [51st of 54]
Convicted 175,343 [14th of 34]
    Convicted (per capita) 3.60484 per 1,000 people [37th of 56]
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation > Broadcast details > Alternate title/Translation
CSI:과학수사대
(CSI:Scientific Criminal Investigation Team)
Drug offences 9.9 per 100,000 people [31st of 46]
Embezzlements 19,186 [2nd of 36]
    Embezzlements (per capita) 0.394441 per 1,000 people [9th of 44]
Females prosecuted 167,110 [2nd of 26]
Frauds 136,206 [5th of 48]
    Frauds (per capita) 2.80023 per 1,000 people [5th of 61]
Jails 42 [28th of 80]
    Jails (per capita) 0.000616764 per 1,000 people [61st of 62]
Judges and Magistrates 1,598 [15th of 35]
    Judges and Magistrates (per capita) 0.0328529 per 1,000 people [38th of 45]
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Chamber Appeal
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Elected 2003, 2006
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Name Sang-Hyun Song
Judges of the International Criminal Court > Term End 2015
Manslaughters 3,737 [4th of 42]
    Manslaughters (per capita) 0.0768282 per 1,000 people [5th of 43]
Murders 955 [15th of 49]
    Murders (per capita) 0.0196336 per 1,000 people [38th of 62]
Murders committed by youths 282 [17th of 73]
Murders committed by youths per capita 1.7 [39th of 57]
Police 90,210 [13th of 47]
    Police (per capita) 1.85461 per 1,000 people [39th of 48]
Prisoners 58,564 prisoners [10th of 168]
Rapes 6,139 [11th of 50]
    Rapes (per capita) 0.12621 per 1,000 people [16th of 65]
Robberies 4,524 [29th of 47]
    Robberies (per capita) 0.093008 per 1,000 people [53rd of 64]
Software piracy rate 43% [80th of 107]
Total crimes 1,543,220 [11th of 50]
    Total crimes (per capita) 31.7267 per 1,000 people [24th of 60]
United States extradition treaties > Date signed June 9, 1998
United States extradition treaties > Entered into force December 20, 1999
Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 0.4 [118th of 143]

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); Seventh United Nations Survey of Crime Trends and Operations of Criminal Justice Systems, covering the period 1998 - 2000 (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); Transparency International; Wikipedia: CSI: Crime Scene Investigation ; 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: Judges of the International Criminal Court ; World Health Organization: World report on violence and health, 2002; 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: Korea, South, Republic of Korea, South Korea, Taehan-min'guk, korea, republic of, korea, rep. of, korea-south, SKOREA, Korea Republic, Korean Republic, Korea (Rep.), Korea

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