Wednesday 7 March 2012

Per capita, South Africa has the most assaults, rapes, and murders with firearms

The following was obtained from : http://www.boerevryheid.co.za/forums/showthread.php?28992-Crime-in-South-Africa&p=414228#post414228

Car thefts 93,133 [6th of 46]

Corruption > % of managers surveyed ranking this as a major business constraint 16.09 % [16th of 39]

Death penalty > Abolition date 1,997 [15th of 64]

Death penalty > Last executed 1,991 [5th of 55]

Drug offences 53,810 per 100,000 people[4th of 46]

Gun violence > Homicides > % homicides with firearms 59.2028 [2nd of 32]

Gun violence > Homicides > Firearm homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 74.5748 [1st of 32]

Gun violence > Homicides > Overall homicide rate > per 100,000 pop. 125.965 [1st of 32]

Jails 228 [6th of 80]

Manslaughters 11,202 [2nd of 42]

Murders with firearms 31,918 [1st of 36]

Prisoners 181,944 prisoners [2nd of 168]

Prisoners > Female 2.2% [107th of 134]

Prisoners > Foreign prisoners 2.1% [55th of 86]

Prisoners > Per capita 402 per 100,000 people [10th of 164]

Sentence Length 48.08 [13th of 21]

Software piracy rate 34% [89th of 107]

Total crimes 2,683,849 [5th of 50]

Transnational Issues > Trafficking in persons > Tier rating
Tier 2 Watch List - South Africa is on the Tier 2 Watch List for a fourth consecutive year for its failure to show increasing efforts to address trafficking;
the government provided inadequate data in 2007 on trafficking crimes investigated or prosecuted, or on resulting convictions or sentences;
it also did not provide information on its efforts to protect victims of trafficking; the country continues to deport and/or prosecute suspected foreign victims without providing appropriate protective services

Unpaid diplomatic parking fines 34 [26th of 143]

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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);
World Development Indicators database; Last updated: 01/04/03;
Wikipedia: Gun violence ;
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);
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);
International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief;
Fifth Annual BSA and IDC Global Software Piracy Study; All CIA World Factbooks 18 December 2003 to 18 December 2008;
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: South Africa, Republic of South Africa, rep. of s. africa, SAFRICA Interesting facts on South African Crime

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