[lbo-talk] crime rates by country

[Miles Jackson]

Wojtek Sokolowski wrote:
> Assaults:
>
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_ass_percap-crime-assaults-per-capita
>
> US ranks #6, above all other developed countries.
>
> Homicide:
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_vio_hom_ove_hom_rat_per_100_pop-rate-per-100-000-pop
>
> US ranks #14, again above all other developed
> countries
>
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> Firearm homicide:
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_gun_vio_hom_fir_hom_rat_per_100_pop-rate-per-100-000-pop
>
> US ranks #8, again above all developed countries
>
> Murder:
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_mur_percap-crime-murders-per-capita
> US ranks #24 below Eastern Europe but above western
> Europe
>
> Rape:
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rap_percap-crime-rapes-per-capita
>
> US ranks #9, and is surpassed by 2 developed
> countries: Australia and Canada
>
> Robbery
>
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_rob_percap-crime-robberies-per-capita
>
> US ranks #11 and is below Spain, Portugal, UK and
> Poland.
>
> Adults prosecuted
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_adu_pro_percap-crime-adults-prosecuted-per-capita
>
> US ranks #1.
>
> Prisoners:
>
> http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_pri_per_cap-crime-prisoners-per-capita
> US ranks #1.
>
> Wojtek
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To put Woj's numbers in context, property crimes in the U. S. outnumber 
violent crimes about 9:1.  Only a small fraction of the people in prison 
have committed any of the crimes Woj documents above, so relatively high 
rates of violent crime cannot explain why we incarcerate so many people.

Miles