Total prison population: 23,504 prisoners 

Crime trend: Up 7% in 2000–2002

The judicial system returned to political control in 1993. Criminality is a particular problem in camps for those displaced in the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. Elsewhere, there is a low rate of violent crime, but assaults in the street have become less rare.

From "The Financial Times World Desk Reference" © Dorling Kindersley 2004