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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)
DEFINITION
Total number of female prisoners. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
Crime Statistics > Females prosecuted (most recent) by country
Showing latest available data.
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Countries
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Amount
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# 1
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United Kingdom: |
337,588 |
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# 2
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Korea, South: |
167,110 |
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# 3
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Germany: |
122,220 |
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# 4
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Canada: |
90,044 |
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# 5
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Italy: |
84,571 |
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# 6
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Ethiopia: |
43,948 |
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# 7
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Netherlands: |
28,337 |
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# 8
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Finland: |
27,784 |
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# 9
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New Zealand: |
24,162 |
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# 10
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Chile: |
20,669 |
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# 11
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Sweden: |
18,379 |
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# 12
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Japan: |
13,491 |
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# 13
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Czech Republic: |
11,994 |
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# 14
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Portugal: |
10,860 |
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# 15
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El Salvador: |
9,496 |
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# 16
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Mexico: |
7,683 |
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# 17
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Romania: |
5,355 |
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# 18
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Slovakia: |
3,967 |
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# 19
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Burma: |
2,395 |
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# 20
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Lithuania: |
2,311 |
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# 21
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Latvia: |
2,014 |
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# 22
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Oman: |
710 |
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# 23
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Luxembourg: |
682 |
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# 24
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Venezuela: |
555 |
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# 25
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Iceland: |
288 |
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# 26
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Tunisia: |
97 |
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Total: |
1,036,710 |
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Weighted average: |
39,873.5 |
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DEFINITION: Total number of female prisoners. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.
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) via NationMaster
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