ix Contents Acknowledgments , xi General Introduction by Graeme R. Newman , xiii Maps , xxiv Map 1. Murder around the World , xxiv Map 2. Imprisonment around the World , xxv Map 3. Death Penalty around the World , xxvi Map 4. Corporal Punishment around the World, xxvii Volume 1 Introduction by Mahesh K. Nalla , xxix Maps , xxxiv Country Key to Africa and the Middle East Maps , xxxiv Map 5. Murder in Africa and the Middle East , xxxv Map 6. Imprisonment in Africa and the Middle East , xxxvi Map 7. Corporal Punishment in Africa and the Middle East , xxxvii Map 8. Death Penalty in Africa and the Middle East , xxxviii VOLUME 1 Africa , 1 Angola , 1 Benin , 7 Botswana , 10 Burkina Faso , 17 Burundi , 22 Cameroon , 27 Cape Verde , 31 Central African Republic , 35 Chad , 42 Comoros , 50 Congo, Democratic Republic of the (Congo- Kinshasa) , 53 Congo, Republic of (Congo-Brazzaville) , 56 Djibouti , 62 Equatorial Guinea , 66 Eritrea , 70 Ethiopia , 74 Gabon , 79 Gambia , 81 Ghana , 86 Guinea , 91 Guinea-Bissau , 97 Ivory Coast (Côte d’Ivoire) , 100 Kenya , 106 Lesotho , 111 Liberia , 118 Madagascar , 122 Malawi , 128 Mali , 133 Mauritania , 136 Mauritius , 140 Mayotte , 146 Mozambique , 149 Namibia , 152 Niger , 156