Re: USA: >1% of adults are in jail

..p.jm@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx wrote:
On Fri, 29 Feb 2008 07:00:21 -0800 (PST), oasysco
<wilderkommen@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

On Feb 29, 12:08 am, Sean <no.s...@xxxxxxx> wrote:
"For the first time in the nation's history, more than one in
100 American adults are behind bars, according to a new report..."

http://www.iht.com/articles/2008/02/29/america/29prison.php

This is about 8 times the incarceration rate of Germany.

Point out another country that has our street-gang problem,
**AND** tries to do something about it ( as opposed to the several
examples in SA and Africa, or Mexico, etc), that have extreme crime
problems and DON'T do anything about it.


If we have 8 times the incarceration rate of Germany, why is our murder
rate is 6 times higher?

<http://atlanticreview.org/archives/434-Murder-Rate-in-the-United-States-and-Germany.html>

Don't compare us with Mexico or Africa, we're in the big leagues.

This is a debate that will never be settled, but I think the US'
punitive attitude is part and parcel with our violence problem. And
it's why we've been in a constant state of war for the last 90 years.
And this with the boomers (former hippies) running the show.
.