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I guess it’s easier in Sweden which is not especially diverse. Also it’s worth noting that these are convictions so will be missing any unreported violence, or
by gaius 9y ago
I guess it’s easier in Sweden which is not especially diverse. Also it’s worth noting that these are convictions so will be missing any unreported violence, or that police didn’t follow up on, or that got off on technicalities
- cc81 9y agoSweden is pretty ethnically diverse these days and is far more sensitive about race than the US is. EDIT: But for that period it was not as much, that is true.
- gz5 9y agoGood point. Any similar studies from more diverse countries? This study is not as comprehensive but in 30-state USA study, 77% of prisoners are jailed again within 5 years of release: https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/rprts05p0510pr.cfm https://www.bjs.gov/content/pub/press/rprts05p0510pr.cfm
- alphabettsy 9y agoNot really surprising, you must consider that most of our jails and prisons are like criminal universities. Most barely offer any rehabilitation, if at all, but people can learn about how to be better criminals from other criminals.
- flexie 9y agoSweden is as diverse as the US, or more so.
- gaius 9y agoWell, it has had a massive influx of Middle Easterners in recent years but this study dates from 2004.
- walshemj 9y agoActually in terms of other more diverse countries like the UK and USA probably not just seems a lot as Sweden had virtually zero BME migration until recently.
- BigBuzzKill 9y agoThat’s patently false.
- rayiner 9y agoNot even close. The vast majority of Sweden is ethnic Swedes. The big minority group is ethnic Finns. 87% of the country is Lutheran (as of 2012). In the US, probably no ethnic group (e.g. Irish or English) has more than 20%.
- flexie 9y agohttps://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_ethnic_and_cultural_diversity_level https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_ranked_by_... Check out the list based on Alesina’s analysis. Or go to Sweden. In the younger population groups, muslims are now are huge minority.
- rayiner 9y agoThat index lists Canada as more diverse than the US, which is definitely false having been to both. Online sources suggest about 30% of Stockholm is non-Swedish, and most of those people are European. New York and Chicago are only about 30-35% European descent, and that’s mixed between Irish, German, Swedish, English, etc.
- flexie 9y agoEnglish, German, Irish, swedish descent = Christian, white population, all speaking English as a first language, all from similar cultures. It’s way more diverse in Sweden. I lived in NYC, and have travelled a lot in Sweden. Nowadays, large Swedish cities are much more diverse.