THE LEVEL OF CRIME IN DIFFERENT REGIONS OF THE WORLD Betti Säre 10b Crime rates around the world Europe is catching up to USA Life in the US has never been safer Less terrorism Less robbery USA, Germany, UK, Asia, Middle East The world has become safer Factors that affect crime levels Difference in legal systems Rates of crime report and police recording Differences in data quality Differences in the point at which a crime is measured Victimization rates for burglary, robbery, assault and threat, one-year period Terrorism Germany (Islamic Jihad- 100 or less) Turkey (PKK- 4000, over 37000 kills since 1978) England (Al- Qa'ida- 1600, 200 secret Al- Qa'ida units, 1600 fanatics) Sri Lanka (LTTE, aka Tamil Tigers- 10 000, " Death is better than caught by the State") j j Total international attacks by region 1997- 2002 Homicide rates...
start hitting oil. Russia today couldn't survive w/o E oil and minerals, like magnesium, titanium. Were Russians in living in Ukraine, Caucasus, other areas before SU? 11 March Js in Crimea, more interested in Russia. Some for Russia, but don't want annexation. Diplomatic solution. Many sides. Propaganda Ukrainian roots to village. Current female leader, hair style. 1950s, Khrushchev granted Criemea to Ukraine. Social- demo reasons, not political? W Ukrainians started to flow to Crim, judeo-phobes. 1833 colonization, Tatars fleeing. Many other nationalities coming, including Estonians, Shveitzarim, Bulgars, Germans, Russ, Js, others. Part of New Russia, invited by govt. Crimea became a sort of Riviera. Great writers wrote about it; became place everybody wants. J Anti-fascist comm 42, est. by the govt., for other groups. Propagandaic purposes for Sovs. Increase motivation to fight, funds from Js of world. David Bergelson,