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Originally Posted by Drakej
I would read it but honestly I do not really care what is going on in Venezuela. I know that Chavez really needs to get his country in line if he wants the respect of the rest of the world. Having a sky high murder/kidnapping rate really does not shout stability.
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I find that quite ironic that a US citizen should say Venezuela needs to get its act together with regards to kidnapping and murder, at least in Venezuela it is done by individuals - unlike the US state which is responsible for kidnapping people from all over the world and locking them up indefinately, which is responsible for the murder of thousands of Iraqi's and Afghans.
If you do not care about Venezuela thyen why post in threads about it ?
And why are you selective about the crimes you say need to be clamped down on. Maybe the US needs to clamp down on rape and burglary if it is to be respected internationally.
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The crime rate in Venezuela is very high in regard to murder, but low to medium in regard to other crimes. An analysis was done using INTERPOL data for Venezuela. For purpose of comparison, data were drawn for the seven offenses used to compute the United States FBI's index of crime. Index offenses include murder, forcible rape, robbery, aggravated assault, burglary, larceny, and motor vehicle theft. The combined total of these offenses constitutes the Index used for trend calculation purposes. Venezuela will be compared with Japan (country with a low crime rate) and USA (country with a high crime rate). According to the INTERPOL data, for murder, the rate in 2000 was 33.2 per 100,000 population for Venezuela, 1.10 for Japan, and 5.51 for USA. For rape, the rate in 2000 was 12.13 for Venezuela, compared with 1.78 for Japan and 32.05 for USA. For robbery, the rate in 2000 was not reported. For aggravated assault, the rate in 2000 was 105.32 for Venezuela, 23.78 for Japan, and 323.62 for USA. For burglary, the rate in 2000 was not reported. The rate of larceny for 2000 was 6.73 for Venezuela, 1401.26 for Japan, and 2475.27 for USA. The rate for motor vehicle theft in 2000 was 101.01 for Venezuela, compared with 44.28 for Japan and 414.17 for USA. The rate for all index offenses combined was not computable because of the omission of robbery and burglary from the data.
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Comparative Criminology | South America - Venezuela
Anyway, on the issue of this thread, the point still stands - boom and bust capitalist economies are failing and recession may soon be coming. On the other hand economies with a planned element are growing as Russia, China and Venezuela are testement to.