There was of course a whole subculture of zeky during the USSR, which I assume continues.
Alexandre Fenelon <afenelon at zaz.com.br> wrote:
-----Mensagem original----- De: lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org [mailto:lbo-talk-bounces at lbo-talk.org]Em nome de Chris Doss Enviada em: quarta-feira, 31 de marco de 2004 13:26 Para: lbo-talk at lbo-talk.org Assunto: [lbo-talk] Prison populations, Russia vs. US ?
What's the percentage in the US? According to this, about 1 in 145 million Russians is in prison.
-You wanted to say 1/145, right? In the USA this relation is abaout 1/140 (0,7% of total population) -Btw: What was the incarceration rate for FSU. Eric Hobsbawn claims it was 0,28% in 1985 (vs 0,45% in USA-Age of extremes)
Alexandre
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