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Crime Stats: compare key data on North Korea & South Korea

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STAT North Korea South Korea HISTORY
Justice system > Punishment > Capital punishment (last execution year) 2,013
Ranked 15th. 1% more than South Korea
1,997
Ranked 33th.
Punishment > Crimes possibly attracting life sentence ?? Counterfeiting or falsification of currency
Punishment > Crimes requiring mandatory sentence Murder, espionage, treason High treason, robbery (rape) with deadly outcomes, arson, murder of relative, etc.
Punishment > Has indefinite sentence Yes ( de facto and de jure ) No
Punishment > Has life imprisonment Yes Yes
Punishment > Life sentence under the age of 18 or 21 Yes Maximum 10 years (for certain violent crimes 20 years)
Punishment > Maximum length of sentence None None
Punishment > Minimum life sentence to serve before eligibility for requesting parole Never 10 years or never
Violent crime > Gun crime > Guns per 100 residents 0.6
Ranked 156th.
1.1
Ranked 143th. 83% more than North Korea
Violent crime > Murder rate 3,658
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than South Korea
1,251
Ranked 20th.

Violent crime > Murder rate per million people 150.88
Ranked 45th. 6 times more than South Korea
25.32
Ranked 51st.

Violent crime > Murders 3,658
Ranked 29th. 3 times more than South Korea
1,251
Ranked 20th.

Violent crime > Murders per million people 150.88
Ranked 45th. 6 times more than South Korea
25.32
Ranked 51st.

SOURCES: Wikipedia: Capital punishment in Europe (Abolition); 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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