Wednesday, January 12, 2011

Criminals, Cops, or Crimes?

Check out this interesting graph of imprisonment rates by country.  The US easily tops the list.  So either we are an especially criminal country, we have the most effective (draconian?) police and justice system, or we have too many criminal statutes.  Take your pick.

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita

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