>That is an assumption to further a point, I see no reason for that to be true because different states and suburbs are not homogeneous. I think it does hold t

>That is an assumption to further a point, I see no reason for that to be true because different states and suburbs are not homogeneous. I think it does hold true when you average on the national level and look at a global scale. Not every nation is equal, but there should be many nations which are close enough. The idea is that behavior that is often viewed as criminal in the US isn't significantly higher than at least one other country such as Germany, France, UK, or Netherlands yet the rate of prisoners is. That different areas within a country might have different crime rates don't matter as what we are concerned with is the national average.