Global trends.
Certain international patterns of crime have been identified by
studying data from many countries. The richer the nation, the more
likely it is to have a high rate of property crime. That makes sense
because there's obviously more stuff to steal in Canada Canada (kăn`ədə), independent nation (2001 pop. 30,007,094), 3,851,787 sq mi (9,976,128 sq km), N North America. Canada occupies all of North America N of the United States (and E of Alaska) except for Greenland and the French islands of (5,059
thefts per 100,000 people) than in, say Tanzania Tanzania (tăn'zənē`ə, –zăn`ēə, Swahili tänzänē`ä), officially United Republic of Tanzania, republic (2005 est. pop. (21 thefts per 100,000
people). With violent crime the trend is in the other direction. The
poorer countries have higher rates of violent crime than the richer
ones; the murder rate in the United Kingdom is 1.44 per 100,000 people,
while in Jamaica Jamaica (jəmā`kə), independent state within the Commonwealth (2005 est. pop. 2,732,000), 4,232 sq mi (10,962 sq km), coextensive with the island of Jamaica, West Indies, S of Cuba and W of Haiti. it's 19.2 per 100,000. Some countries don't
fit the pattern. The United States United States, officially United States of America, republic (2005 est. pop. 295,734,000), 3,539,227 sq mi (9,166,598 sq km), North America. The United States is the world's third largest country in population and the fourth largest country in area. , for example, has a high murder rate
(8.53 per 100,000) for a rich country, while Malawi (0.20 per 100,000)
has a very low murder rate among poorer nations.
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