Hello, shaibi-ga!
It sounds like you are in the midst of a fascinating research
project!
I will preface my answer by stating that "accurate" drug crime
statistics in Saudi Arabia are not easily accessible. That is not to
say there are not statistics. But beware of the accuracy!
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* "Data on drug abuse in Saudi Arabia is particularly scarce."
From "Saudi Arabia: Overview of Drug Control Situation." United
Nations Office on Drugs and Crime.
http://www.undcp.org/egypt/country_profile_saudiarabia.html
* "Saudi Arabia’s justice system, where criminal cases are heard in
the general sharia (Islamic law) courts, is highly secretive with
practices which deny fundamental due-process rights to criminal
suspects."
From "Malaysia should not follow the model of Saudi Arabia and Sudan
as proposed by PAS but emulate the best features from the 20
countries with the highest UNDP human development index," by Lim Kit
Siang. DAP National Chairman Media Statement. (2/8/2002)
http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/lks/aug02/lks1764.htm
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With that said, the following are the most comprehensive resource I
have found!
Interpol International Crime Statistics
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http://www.interpol.int/Public/Publications/sci/default.asp
"Sets of International Crime Statistics have been published by
Interpol every two years since 1950 and every year since 1993."
"It should be pointed out that the Interpol General Secretariat merely
reproduces the information sent to it by the NCBs. The Information
given is not therefore processed, but is classified according to
category of offence. The data gathered in these sets of statistics is
not intended to be used as a basis for comparisons between different
countries since the statistics cannot take account of the differences
which exist between definitions of punishable acts in different
national laws, or the diversity of statistical methods, or the changes
which may occur during the reference period and affect the data
collected."
"Police statistics reflect reported crimes, but this only represents a
fraction of the real level. Furthermore, the volume of crime not
reported to the police actually depends, to a certain extent, on the
action of the police and can vary with time, as well as from country
to country. Consequently, the data published in the current set of
statistics should be interpreted with caution."
You can download the latest crime statistics for individual countries
(for free) as far back as 1995. For Saudi Arabia, the latest update is
2000. To go further back than 1995, you will have to order copies for
the years (and countries) you desire. Since you want to compile
international comparisons, it may be better for you to have a hard
copy of the statistics.
http://www.interpol.int/public/Publications/SCI/orderform.asp
Countries list page: (for international comparisons - one by one!)
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/downloadList.asp
Saudi Arabia: (1995-2000) (Volume of crime per 100,000
inhabitants)http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/1996/SaudiArabia1996.pdf
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/2000/saudiarabia2000.pdf
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/1999/SaudiArabia1999.pdf
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/1998/SaudiArabia1998.pdf
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/1997/SaudiArabia1997.pdf
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/1996/SaudiArabia1996.pdf
http://www.interpol.int/Public/Statistics/ICS/1995/SaudiArabia1995.pdf
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To save you time, Interpol's five-year data of Saudi Arabia's crime
statistics has been compiled in a chart in the following article, in
order to make the point that Saudi Arabia's crime statistics are not
as low as they would like the world to believe!
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"Malaysia should not follow the model of Saudi Arabia and Sudan as
proposed by PAS but emulate the best features from the 20 countries
with the highest UNDP human development index," by Lim Kit Siang.
DAP National Chairman Media Statement. (2/8/2002)
http://www.dapmalaysia.org/english/lks/aug02/lks1764.htm
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The National Archive of Criminal Justice Data has two surveys which
may be of help. I was unable to get them to download so I could review
them, but you may have more success. They are free!
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu:8080/NACJD-STUDY/09571.xml
"United Nations World Crime Surveys: First Survey, 1970-1975 and
Second Survey, 1975-1980"
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"The United Nations began its World Crime Surveys in 1978. The first
survey collected statistics on a small range of offenses and on the
criminal justice process for the years 1970-1975. The second survey
collected data on a wide range of offenses, offenders, and criminal
justice process data for the years 1975-1980. Several factors make
these two collections difficult to use in combination. Some 25 percent
of those countries responding to the first survey did not respond to
the second and, similarly, some 30 percent of those responding to the
second survey did not respond to the first. In addition, many
questions asked in the second survey were not asked in the first
survey. This data collection represents the efforts of the
investigators to combine, revise, and recheck the data of the first
two surveys. The data are divided into two parts. Part 1 comprises all
data on offenses and on some criminal justice personnel. Crime data
are entered for 1970 through 1980. In most cases 1975 is entered
twice, since both surveys collected data for this year. Part 2
includes data on offenders, prosecutions, convictions, and prisons.
Data are entered for 1970 through 1980, for every even year."
"The documentation for Part 1 indicates a total of 91 cases
(countries). The data, however, indicate a total of 101 cases.
(countries). These ten additional countries are Bulgaria, Cayman
Islands, Gibraltar, Honduras, Hong Kong, Lebanon, Nigeria, Saudi
Arabia, Sudan, and Vanuatu. Similarly, the documentation for Part 2
indicates a total of 91 cases (countries), but there are actually 96.
The five additional countries are Bulgaria, Cayman Islands, Gibraltar,
Honduras, and Vanuatu. The original documentation further indicates 30
records per case. Two countries in Part 1, however, fall short of 30
records per case: Algeria and Mauritius. Algeria is missing one record
and Mauritius is missing 2 records. For both parts, where substantial
discrepancies occurred between the validation data collected through
the questionnaire, the questionnaire data were entered, unless they
appeared to deviate substantially from the overall pattern of the
data. This occurred in only a few instances. The following crime
categories could not be made comparable between the first and second
surveys: rape, drugs, judges, and totals. The term ''rape'' was not
used in the first survey. Instead, the phrase ''sex offenses'' was
used. In the first survey, the phrase ''substance abuse'' was used,
and the responses broken down into ''drugs'' and ''alcohol.'' The data
recorded for the first survey are for ''substance abuse'' with alcohol
excluded. The nearest equivalent to substance abuse in the second
survey was the category ''drug crimes.'' However, the first survey
also requested data on ''illegal traffic in drugs.'' This was not
requested in the second survey, although the variables are included in
this data set, and some data were entered into them from the
validation questionnaires. The first survey did not define ''judges.''
Consequently, no distinction was made between professional and lay
judges. The data of the second survey report only professional judges.
Total crimes was a separate category in both surveys. It does not
necessarily equal the sum of the other crime categories collected in
the survey. In some developing countries, for example, often the gross
total of all crimes was the only information available."
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Another report from the same site may be of interest:
"United Nations World Surveys of Crime Trends and Criminal Justice
Systems, 1970-1994: Restructured Five-Wave Data."
Read the description at
http://www.icpsr.umich.edu:8080/NACJD-STUDY/02513.xml
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Another source of information:
"The Seventh United Nations Survey on Crime Trends and the Operations
of Criminal Justice Systems (1998 - 2000)." United Nations Office on
Drugs and Crimes.
http://www.undcp.org/odccp/crime_cicp_survey_seventh.html
"82 countries provided data for the Seventh Survey:
Albania, Argentina, Armenia, Australia, Azerbaijan, Belarus, Botswana,
Bulgaria, Canada, Chile, Colombia, Costa Rica, Côte d'Ivoire, Croatia,
Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Dominica, Dominican Republic, Egypt,
El Salvador, England & Wales, Estonia, Finland, France, Georgia,
Germany, Greece, Hong Kong, Hungary, Iceland, India, Indonesia,
Ireland, Italy, Jamaica, Japan, Kazakhstan, Korea, Republic of,
Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, FYR, Malaysia, Maldives,
Mauritius, Mexico, Moldova, Republic of, Montserrat, Morocco,
Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway, Oman, Palestinian Territory,
occupied, Panama, Papua New Guinea, Poland, Portugal, Qatar, Romania,
Russian Federation, Saudi Arabia, Seychelles, Slovakia, Slovenia,
South Africa, Spain, Sri Lanka, Suriname, Switzerland, Syrian Arab
Republic, Thailand, Tunisia, Turkey, Ukraine, United States of
America, Uruguay, Venezuela, Yemen, Zambia, Zimbabwe."
http://www.undcp.org/odccp/crime_cicp_survey_countries.html
Saudi Arabia:(click on country on left panel)
http://www.undcp.org/pdf/crime/seventh_survey/567sc.pdf
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A chart comparing international crime statistics, by country and type
of crime, can be accessed by choosing "Reports sorted by Variable."
http://www.undcp.org/odccp/crime_cicp_survey_seventh.html
looking under "Police" and clicking on "Crimes recorded in criminal
(police) statistics, by type of crime including attempts to commit
crimes." Then simply scroll down the country list until you get to
drug offenses.
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Additional Information:
"Death sentences by beheading were carried out throughout the year,
mostly for murder, rape, or drug-trafficking."
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From "Saudi Arabia." World Report 2002. Human Rights Watch.
http://www.hrw.org/wr2k2/mena7.html
"In Saudi Arabia the scope of the death penalty is so wide that it can
apply to any act deemed by the government and the courts to amount to
"corruption on earth". In practice, the death penalty is applied to
non-violent activities and offences with no lethal consequences,
including apostasy, "witchcraft", "sexual offences" and crimes
involving both "hard" and "soft" drugs....Moreover, it appears that
for some crimes, such as drug-related offences, the only opportunity
to obtain a pardon is to seek one from the King. Given the
government's hardline policy on drugs, it is unlikely that such
appeals will be successful."
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From "The Death Penalty." Saudi Arabia. Amnesty International USA
(March 2000)
http://www.amnestyusa.org/countries/saudi_arabia/campaign2000/report/death_penalty.html
"Saudi Arabia is a party to the 1988 UN Convention and assigns a high
national priority to the elimination of drug trafficking and abuse.
While the government provides no statistics on drug consumption,
interdiction, and trafficking, Saudi Arabia's relatively affluent
population and strict privacy laws make it an attractive target for
drug dealers. Under the Saudi Islamic Legal Code (Sharia), drug
trafficking is a capital crime, enforced against Saudis and non-Saudis
alike. While the number of drug-related executions declined in 1996,
arrests continued apace, with Pakistan still ranking as the single
largest source of narcotics and Pakistani nationals the largest
conduit of illegal substances. Saudi Arabia relies upon a network of
overseas drug enforcement liaison offices and on state of the art
detection and training programs to apprehend and deter drug
traffickers."
"Saudi authorities are most concerned with domestic narcotics abuse.
Authorities jail and deport expatriate substance abusers, while they
remand Saudi nationals to one of the country's three drug treatment
hospitals. Narcotics and health officials confirm anecdotal reports of
a general increase in the level of drug trafficking and substance
abuse. However, treatment officials note that Saudi addictions are not
severe, reflecting the scarcity of narcotics available and their
diluted form. Heroin is more prevalent in the coastal urban areas,
with hashish, cocaine, and "pep" pills (particularly Captagon, which
is reputed to have an aphrodisiacal quality) also in demand."
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From "Saudi Arabia." U.S. Department of State 1996 International
Narcotics Control Strategy Report, March 1997.
http://www.hri.org/docs/USSD-INCSR/96/AME/SaudiArabia.html
"IN SAUDI ARABIA, ADDICTS ARE TREATED BUT DEALERS ARE EXECUTED".San
Hose Mercury News. (2/11/2002)
http://www.mapinc.org/drugnews/v02/n234/a05.html
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I believe I have provided some good resources from which you can
compile the statistics you need. Please let me know if I can offer
additional clarification, or if certain links don't work, *before*
rating my answer. I will be more than happy to help!
umiat-ga
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