James R said:
I don't believe it is. Got any crime statistics for African countries?
James R,
What you should keep in mind about crime in Africa is the enormous amount of crime that goes unreported in Africa:
Examples:
Crime in South Africa has spiralled uncontrollably. Thousands of innocent people are raped, assaulted, murdered, hijacked, robbed, and exposed to all sorts of crimes each day. As a result, life in the country has become a nightmare for most law-abiding citizens.
Yet some argue that, overall, crime is on the decline. Is this true? What about the thousands of cases that go unreported, or the cover-ups by those wishing to hide the frightening reality from South Africans and the world?
http://www.christianaction.org.za/firearmnews/2004-02_SACrimeStatistics.htm
Todays News:
40.8% of rape victims are kids
22/09/2005 09:19 - (Africa)
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Africa - Children were the victims in 40.8% of rape cases reported during 2004/05, according to the SA Police Service's (SAPS) annual report released on Wednesday.
They were also the victims of indecent assault in 47.7% of reported cases and of common assault in 11.8%, states the report released in Pretoria.
In 9.7% of cases of assault with the intent to inflict grievous bodily harm, children were the victims, as well as in 6.4% of cases of attempted murder and 6% of murder.
The report says women and children accounted for 59% of the victims of all contact crimes reported during the financial year.
They accounted for 100% of rape victims, 86.3% of indecent assault victims, and 64.4% of common assault victims.
http://www.news24.com/News24/South_Africa/News/0,,2-7-1442_1804181,00.html
Here is a excellent article written by a black man on the crime in Africa:
Moral crusaders have the habit of heading off to their next crusade without bothering to see whether anything went wrong on their last one. During the '80s, TransAfrica, NAACP, Black Congressional Caucus, Hollywood glitterati, college students, and other groups held massive protests on college campuses and at the South African Embassy, built shanty towns, and called for disinvestment and sanctions against South Africa for its racist apartheid system.
There's no longer apartheid and there's black rule in South Africa, but what's the story there now?
http://www.townhall.com/columnists/walterwilliams/ww20020109.shtml
Now here are some stats:
Map & Graph: Crime: Murders (per capita)
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_cap
Map & Graph: Crime: Rapes (per capita)
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_rap_cap
Map & Graph: Crime: Murders with firearms (per capita)
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_wit_fir_cap
Map & Graph: Government: Corruption
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/gov_cor
Map & Graph: Crime: Kidnappings
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_kid
James R
Here is a stat that has no African country listed:
Map & Graph: Economy: Economic aid - Donor (per capita)
http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/eco_eco_aid_don_cap