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Ivory Coast
Index
Crime in Côte d'Ivoire has been linked to abrupt
socioeconomic
and cultural change related to uncontrolled and rapid
urbanization,
industrialization and associated labor migration,
unemployment and
underemployment, the proliferation of urban slums, the
absence or
collapse of urban and human services, and the inability of
government authorities to enforce law and order. In the
1980s,
serious crime increased markedly, particularly in Abidjan
and other
urban areas. Like other modernizing countries, Côte
d'Ivoire
experienced increases in theft, armed robbery, myriad
petty crimes,
prostitution, and drug and alcohol abuse. The most
frequent
offenders were young men and juveniles, although women
also
increasingly resorted to crime.
Data as of November 1988
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