Murder rates
In class when we talked about Columbia having the highest murder rates, I went online to find a chart that showed countries murder rates. I found out that Cololumbia does have the highest murder rate per capita with .6 murders per 1000 people, and was ranked 3rd in totals number of murders with 26,539 murders. The countries above Columbia in total number of murders was India, and Russia. The fact that a country as small as Columbia can have the 3rd most murders behind countries that are extremely larger than itself, tells me that Columbia has major issues.Heres the article- http://www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_mur_percap
posted by Anonymous @ 3/01/2006 11:37:00 AM
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Hey Smileface, do you have the URL for that site? Did it have any rates for specific cities?
That is really surprising information. I too, would have thought that other states would have higher murder rates.
One of the issues in Columbia is that cocaine has been a primary source of income for so long that it is difficult for some to change over to other income earning activities. And just as in some areas of the US, the lawlessness associated with drug dealing results in a high level of violence.
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