Interesting Crime Statistic

[Zyklop]

Any comments?

Map & Graph: Europe: Crime: Prisoners

Definition: Data for 2003. Number of prisoners held. Different reporting practices mean that that statistics, whilst broadly correct, are not exact. For example, the U.S. Bureau of Justice Statistics reporst that a further 110,284 juveniles were held in custodial institutions at October 2000 and a further 1,912 in 'jails in Indian country' at 30.6.2001.



1. Poland 80,093 prisoners
2. Germany 79,153 prisoners
3. Spain 59,251 prisoners
4. Italy 57,238 prisoners
5. France 56,957 prisoners
6. Belarus 55,156 prisoners
7. Romania 41,817 prisoners
8. Netherlands 18,242 prisoners
9. Czech Republic 18,143 prisoners
10. Hungary 16,700 prisoners
11. Portugal 13,670 prisoners
12. Bulgaria 9,918 prisoners
13. Belgium 9,147 prisoners
14. Slovakia 8,891 prisoners
15. Greece 8,841 prisoners
16. Austria 8,114 prisoners
17. Lithuania 8,063 prisoners
18. Latvia 7,857 prisoners
19. Sweden 6,755 prisoners
20. Switzerland 5,266 prisoners
21. Estonia 4,571 prisoners
22. Denmark 3,908 prisoners
23. Albania 3,778 prisoners
24. Finland 3,719 prisoners
25. Norway 2,914 prisoners
26. Croatia 2,852 prisoners
27. Slovenia 1,170 prisoners
28. Luxembourg 498 prisoners
29. Malta 278 prisoners
30. Andorra 61 prisoners
31. Liechtenstein 18 prisoners
32. Monaco 13 prisoners
Total 593,052 prisoners
Weighted Average 49,404.77 prisoners

But:

Map & Graph: Europe: Crime: Prisoners - Foreign prisoners

Definition: Prisoners who are foreign nationals, expressed as a percentage share of total prison population. Data for 2003.


Country Description Amount
1. Andorra 83.6%
2. Switzerland 70.8%
3. Luxembourg 63.9%
4. Greece 42.4%
5. Belgium 40.9%
6. Netherlands 36.4%
7. Estonia 35.8%
8. Liechtenstein 35.3%
9. Malta 35.0%
10. Austria 33.0%
11. Italy 30.1%
12. Germany 29.9%
13. Sweden 27.2%
14. Spain 25.4%
15. France 21.4%
16. Denmark 16.3%
17. Slovenia 15.3%
18. Norway 15.0%
19. Portugal 12.0%
20. Croatia 11.8%
21. Czech Republic 9.4%
22. Finland 7.9%
23. Hungary 4.4%
24. Belarus 2.6%
25. Slovakia 2.3%
26. Bulgaria 2.0%
27. Lithuania 1.6%
28. Poland 1.5%
29. Romania 0.7%
30. Latvia 0.6%
31. Albania 0.4%
Weighted Average 20.61 %

Source: International Centre for Prison Studies - World Prison Brief

and

Map & Graph: Europe: Crime: Murders

Definition: Total recorded intentional homicides, completed. Crime statistics are often better indicators of prevalence of law enforcement and willingness to report crime, than actual prevalence.


Country Description Amount
1. Poland 2,170 (2000)
2. France 1051 (2000)
3. Belarus 1013 (2000)
4. Germany 960 (2000)
5. United Kingdom 850 (2000)
6. Italy 746 (2000)
7. Romania 560 (2000)
8. Spain 494 (2000)
9. Lithuania 370 (2000)
10. Moldova 348 (2000)
11. Bulgaria 332 (2000)
12. Portugal 247 (2000)
13. Latvia 238 (2000)
14. Hungary 205 (2000)
15. Netherlands 183 (2000)
16. Czech Republic 174 (2000)
17. Finland 148 (2000)
18. Estonia 143 (2000)
19. Slovakia 143 (2000)
20. Greece 81 (2000)
21. Switzerland 69 (2000)
22. Denmark 58 (2000)
23. Norway 49 (2000)
24. Macedonia, The Former Yugoslav Republic of 47 (2000)
25. Ireland 38 (1999)
26. Slovenia 36 (2000)
Total 10,753
Weighted Average 838.73

Source: 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)

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[Gil]

Just my comment: a recent study (i'll try to find the source) was published in the portuguese newspaper "Publico" that stated that the prisoner population in Portugal was composed of 80% individuals of african or mixed descent, and of these 80%, 63% were in prison for "violent crimes" (homicides, etc).

[Theobald]

Interesting indeed - but it can also mean that Polish justice is more efficient.
Also, this data...

Originally Posted by Zyklop

Europe: Crime: Prisoners - Foreign prisoners
15. France 21.4%

... is a total joke, a recent study showed that about 70% of prisoners in France were from Maghreb or Africa. But most of them are French citizens, so only 21.4% of prisoners are regarded as foreign.

By the way, I also recently heard from a German friend that it was the same thing in Germany, where most prisoners are - according to him - from Turkey or Poland. But as he is a bit "Zyklop-styled" I don't know whether this information is reliable or not.

[bocian]

Some more stats

[Carnyx]

Most prisoners are non natives. Well nothing new under the sun.

[bocian]

Originally Posted by bocian

Some more stats

From what I see in the stats I have provided in the attachment, is that the Polish and German rates of murder are exactly the same.

Numbers of prisoners can mean many things, but I think it has as much to do with the economic situation as with anything else--including efficiency.
Take a look at othet ex 'bloc' countries, population-wise Poland is no different than the rest.

As for foreign prisoners in Poland, well, there aren't many foreigners in Poland, that's a fact.