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Crime Stats: compare key data on Canada & Somalia

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  • Drugs > Annual cannabis use: Estimate of percentage of 15-64 year old population who use Cannabis.
  • Drugs > Opiates use: Annual prevalence.
  • Murders > WHO: Intentional homicide rate is the estimate of intentional homicides in a country as a result of domestic disputes that end in a killing, interpersonal violence, violent conflicts over land resources, inter-gang violence over turf or control, and predatory violence and killing by armed groups. The term, intentional homicide, is broad, but it does not include all intentional killing. In particular, deaths arising from armed conflict are usually considered separately. The difference is usually described by the organisation of the killing. Individuals or small groups usually commit homicide, whereas the killing in armed conflict is usually committed by more or less cohesive groups of up to several hundred members. Two main sources of data are presented: criminal justice (law enforcement) measures (this series), supplemented by data from national statistical agencies, and measures from public health sources (see other intentional homicide series). These various sources measure slightly different phenomena and are therefore unlikely to provide identical numbers."
  • Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence: Possible other sentence.

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  • Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence: Mandatory sentence.

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  • Punishment > Has indefinite sentence: Indefinite sentence (excl. preventive or psychiatric detainment).

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  • Punishment > Has life imprisonment: Life imprisonment.

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  • Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21: Under age of 18 (or 21).

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  • Punishment > Maximum length of sentence: Maximum length of sentence (under life).

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  • Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole: Minimum to serve before eligibility for requesting parole.

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  • Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents: Number of privately owned small firearms per 100 residents.
  • Violent crime > Murder rate: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • Violent crime > Murder rate per million people: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
  • Violent crime > Murders: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population.
  • Violent crime > Murders per million people: Intentional homicide, number and rate per 100,000 population. Figures expressed per million people for the same year.
STAT Canada Somalia HISTORY
Drugs > Annual cannabis use 12.6%
Ranked 2nd. 5 times more than Somalia
2.5%
Ranked 4th.
Drugs > Opiates use 0.4%
Ranked 9th. Twice as much as Somalia
0.2%
Ranked 15th.
Murders > WHO 1.5
Ranked 141st.
3.3
Ranked 105th. 2 times more than Canada
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence Various crimes including armed robbery, extortion, and most offenses resulting in death Sodomy, adultery, crimes against humanity
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence High treason, murder, war crimes, and crimes against humanity Murder, rape, robbery
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence Yes No
Punishment > Has life imprisonment Yes Yes
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 Yes, but only when tried as adult, with lower parole eligibility date. Yes
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence None None
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole 7 years minimum to infinite Never
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 30.8
Ranked 13th. 3 times more than Somalia
9.1
Ranked 64th.
Violent crime > Murder rate 554
Ranked 31st. 4 times more than Somalia
138
Ranked 115th.
Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 16.23
Ranked 62nd. 8% more than Somalia
15.1
Ranked 138th.
Violent crime > Murders 554
Ranked 31st. 4 times more than Somalia
138
Ranked 115th.
Violent crime > Murders per million people 16.23
Ranked 62nd. 8% more than Somalia
15.1
Ranked 138th.

SOURCES: https://www.unodc.org/documents/data-and-analysis/WDR2011/World_Drug_Report_2011_ebook.pdf, World Drug Report 2011, United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime (UNODC), 2011, p. 217.; Wikipedia: List of countries by prevalence of opiates use ("World Drug Report 2011" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2011. "World Drug Report 2006" . United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. 2006. http://www.unodc.org/documents/wdr/WDR_2009/WDR2009_eng_web.pdf); World Health Organisation.; Wikipedia: Life imprisonment (Summary by country); Annexe I of the Small Arms Survey 2007 ; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables; United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime. Source tables. Population figures from World Bank: (1) United Nations Population Division. World Population Prospects, (2) United Nations Statistical Division. Population and Vital Statistics Report (various years), (3) Census reports and other statistical publications from national statistical offices, (4) Eurostat: Demographic Statistics, (5) Secretariat of the Pacific Community: Statistics and Demography Programme, and (6) U.S. Census Bureau: International Database.

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