Crime in Cambodia
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Crime is present in various forms in Cambodia.
Crime by type[]
Murder[]
In 2017, Cambodia had a homicide rate of 2.4 per 100,000 population.[1]
Robbery[]
Petty crime is common, with tourist areas often targeted. This includes snatch theft and pick-pocketing. Perpetrators are usually stricken with poverty, and as a result are driven to steal from foreigners with the knowledge that they bring about a significant amount of money and other valuable items. Owing to the easy accessibility of arms, armed robbery also occurs.[2]
Corruption[]
The rate of corruption in Cambodia is high; one source goes on to describe the situation as "nothing less than obscene". Corruption is considered a large expense to the Cambodian government.[3] The Cambodian police force is known to inappropriately use violence in certain cases.[4] The misuse of ferocity has raised concerns from the Human Rights Watch.[5]
Prostitution[]
Prostitution is against the law in Cambodia, but still present and only growing. Le Thi Quy, a professor from the Women's Research Center, interviewed a handful of females in 1993 about prostitution; three quarters of the interviewees found being a prostitute to be a norm and a profession they felt was not shameful having.[6] That same year, the professor estimated that there were some one hundred thousand sex workers in the country.[6]
Sex trafficking[]
Cambodian citizens, primarily women and girls, have been sex trafficked within the country and throughout the world.[7] They are threatened and forced into prostitution, marriages, and or pregnancies.[8]
Violence against women[]
In 2008, the national survey showed that over one quarter of women in Cambodia suffered from domestic violence.[9] A 2013 UN report showed that 1 in 5 men in Cambodia between the ages of 18-49 had admitted that they had raped a woman.[10] 15.8% of those who admitted to having committed a rape had done so when they were younger than 15 years old.[10] “Bauk” is the term used in Cambodia for gang rape.[10] More than double the men in Cambodia admitted to gang rape in comparison to India.[11]
Illegal logging[]
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Global Study on Homicide. United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime, 2013.
- ^ "Cambodia". travel.state.gov. Archived from the original on June 20, 2013. Retrieved June 13, 2013.
- ^ Curtis, Grant (1998). Cambodia Reborn?: The Transition to Democracy and Development. Brookings Institution Press. pp. 147–. ISBN 9780815791379.
- ^ "Protest Claims Police Brutality in Cambodian Home". 95.5 WBRU. January 14, 2013. Archived from the original on December 12, 2013.
- ^ "Cambodia: Escalating Violence, Misuse of Courts". Human Rights Watch. February 1, 2013.
- ^ a b Barry, Kathleen (1996). The Prostitution of Sexuality. NYU Press. pp. 137–. ISBN 9780814712771.
- ^ "Cambodia UN ACT". UN ACT.
- ^ "Inside the world of Cambodia's child sex trade, as told through the eyes of a survivor". ABC News. March 8, 2017.
- ^ UNIFEM; World Bank; ADB; UNDP; DFID (2004). A Fair Share for Women: Cambodia Gender Assessment (PDF). ISBN 1-932827-00-5.
- ^ a b c Henderson, Simon (11 September 2013). "UN Report Says 1 in 5 Cambodian Men have Raped". The Cambodia Daily.
- ^ Callan, Aela (8 March 2013). "It's a Man's World". Al Jazeera.
- ^ Ikunaga, Meguri. The Forest Issue in Cambodia : Current Situation and Problems : An Analysis Based on Field Research. Occasional Paper. Tokyo: Foundation for Advanced Studies on International Development, International Development Research Institute, 1999. Print.
- ^ Hansen, Kasper K., and Neth Top. Natural Forest Benefits and Economic Analysis of Natural Forest Conversion in Cambodia. Working paper no. 33. Phnom Penh: Cambodia Development Resource Institute, 2006. Print.
- Crime in Cambodia