> About one in three Americans has a criminal record. Are the laws in America unjust? Do they make criminal behaviour which in other nations would be legal?

> About one in three Americans has a criminal record. Are the laws in America unjust? Do they make criminal behaviour which in other nations would be legal? Are the police & justice system in America more effective, in finding & punishing criminals? Or are Americans more criminal than residents of other nations? Only the first of those points to a problem of the American system; the second, if true, is a good thing; the last points to a problem of Americans.