Incarceration Rates

Laeyakk · 07-28-2003

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1. United States 6.41 per 1000 people
2. Russia 6.37 per 1000 people
3. Belarus 5.77 per 1000 people
...
7. Ukraine 4.55 per 1000 people
8. Botswana 4.24 per 1000 people
9. South Africa 3.79 per 1000 people
...
30. Korea, South 1.31 per 1000 people
...
37. Spain 1.13 per 1000 people 1.1305458728301
38. Australia 1.11 per 1000 people 1.1108723678556
39. Canada 1.1 per 1000 people 1.0986355215768
40. United Kingdom 1.09 per 1000 people 1.0906018936733
41. Saudi Arabia 1.01 per 1000 people 1.0087907694794
42. Germany 0.96 per 1000 people 0.95501838999277
43. Italy 0.94 per 1000 people 0.9362979852934
44. France 0.86 per 1000 people 0.86070675634976
45. Switzerland 0.79 per 1000 people 0.78882605974536
46. Ireland 0.77 per 1000 people 0.76690118357214
47. Oman 0.74 per 1000 people 0.7444369918849
48. Netherlands 0.73 per 1000 people 0.73183634349444
...
56. Japan 0.48 per 1000 people

What the hell is going on?

mirdorr · 07-28-2003

Dunno. Those of us who don't break the law seem to have avoided the problem.

Esbat · 07-28-2003

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1. United States 6.41 per 1000 people
2. Russia 6.37 per 1000 people

United States: fucked up justice system, mandatory sentencing, minimun sentences, large segments of the population not understanding the laws of the country, etc.

Russia: Complete breakdown in the central government of the USSR has led to.. interesting conditions in that area. I'm willing to bet a lot of people put away in Russia don't need to be in jail.

07-28-2003

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56. Japan 0.48 per 1000 people

Should be higher, for all that fucked up bukkake, bondage and anime-torture crap they are beating off to, but I digress.

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Retired Enchanter of the 60th Season

Laeyakk · 07-28-2003

Have you avoided the problem? I mean, the taxes, the number of people not working, the social damage (children with no parent). And there must be something wrong going on for a wealthy industrial nation to have such a high rate of crime and punishment.

Where the data came from:
www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_pri_cap

It is a bit out of date, last I checked US prison population was higher than 2 million:
www.nationmaster.com/graph-T/cri_pri

Less reliable data:

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# Percent of the increase in prison population accounted for by nonviolent offenders, 1980-1993: 84
# Percent of federal prisoner population incarcerated for nonviolent crimes: 89
# Percent of new admissions to federal prisons that are for nonviolent crimes: 94

Oh, and parole population is about 50% greater than prison population.

I mean, should this be normal?

Maniacles · 07-28-2003

Mandatory prison sentences for drug users and the criminalization of other consentual activities (where all parties involved are able to and give consent) wastes the space of MY jails which could be used for violent criminals and sexual predators and corporate fraud artists.

07-28-2003

haha the day you convince me that the repressive controlling lifestyle of japan is worth climbing the ladder of low per capita prison populations will be the day they sell sweaters in hell

this is the most free country in the world. it gives people the freedoms to make incredibly stupid decisions and to pay for them. the english wont take a shit without permission from their queen.

damn i fell for the ol' euro vs us bait again

ThePerfectFlaw · 07-28-2003

Good, more people off the streets means less people in line to see X-men 3 when it comes out.

Laeyakk · 07-28-2003

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damn i fell for the ol' euro vs us bait again

I've been to Europe once. It was nice, but all the cars drove backwards, and everything was way too expensive (2 british pounds for a pop). Does that make me a Euro?

=p~

Next ad homeium attack please.

07-28-2003

didnt mean to imply you baited me Lae. The statistics did it to me

im sure halo will be here shortly to extoll the virtues of english society and the effect it has on people and their crime rate

i like to look at it this way. the UK still imprisons twice as many people as the japanese which makes them a cruel heartless super power too. err wait scratch that last part.

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