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Section IV: Global Comparisons

Crime and incarceration around the world:

Victimization

  • Average percent of population in 17 industrialized countries that were a victim of a crime in 1999559: 21%
  • Percent of Australians who were a victim of a crime in 1999560: 30%
  • Percent of England and Wales who were a victim of a crime in 1999561: 26%
  • Percent of the Netherlands who were a victim of a crime in 1999562: 25%
  • Percent of Sweden who were a victim of a crime in 1999563: 25%
  • Percent of Canada who were a victim of a crime in 1999564: 24%
  • Percent of Scotland who were a victim of a crime in 1999565: 23%
  • Percent of Denmark who were a victim of a crime in 1999566: 23%
  • Percent of Poland who were a victim of a crime in 1999567: 23%
  • Percent of Belgium who were a victim of a crime in 1999568: 21%
  • Percent of France who were a victim of a crime in 1999569: 21%
  • Percent of the United States who were a victim of a crime in 1999570: 21%
  • Percent of Finland who were a victim of a crime in 1999571: 19%
  • Percent of Japan who were a victim of a crime in 1999572: 15%
  • Percent of Portugal who were a victim of a crime in 1999573: 15%

This page is an excerpt from The Prison Index: Taking the Pulse of the Crime Control Industry (2003) by Peter Wagner, published by the Western Prison Project and the Prison Policy Initiative..