Tuesday, December 18, 2012

Murder in Taiwan

Yesterday's moon was lovely. Canon Powershot SX260 IS.

National Police Agency Statistics, Murder, total number of cases.

year  cases

1992   1,540
1993   1,622
1994   1,508
1995  1,765
1996  1,798
1997  1,712
1998  1,341
1999  1,269
2000  1,132
2001  1,072
2002  1,156
2003  1,057
2004  910
2005  903
2006  921
2007  881
2008  803
2009  832
2010  743
2011  686
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4 comments:

Anonymous said...

Everybody's killing each other online now.

David said...

Hi Michael,

I used the data you posted here and compared it with the rate of executions under the death penalty. You can see the result in graphical form at http://goo.gl/e9PZY.

David on Formosa

Michael Turton said...

Thanks. I had some commentary there, but left it off. It seems pointless...

diane said...

http://www.michaelturton.com/Taiwan/crime.htm

"Sadly, crime is a huge problem in Taiwan. Taiwan is far less safe than Western countries for its citizens. "

I am Taiwanese, I don't see the "huge problem" you mentioned.

Care to elaborate?
btw, Taiwan homicide rate per 100,000 person is 2.9, compare to US 5.3.