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You also over-incarcerate black men by a factor of XXX - hardly you can use the excuse of lack of psychiatric units there.
by throwaway4good 5y ago
You also over-incarcerate black men by a factor of XXX - hardly you can use the excuse of lack of psychiatric units there.
- mc32 5y agoHow do you explain Cuba, Grenada, or Maldives? There are historical factors which contribute to higher incarceration rates (poor, lack of opportunity, unemployment benefits structures (unreported income does not affect eligibility), etc which contribute to higher probability of running afoul of criminal law. Moreover, you can see a marked increase from the '80s on. That strongly implies economic factors (in conjunction with Clinton's tough on crime agenda). What precipitates this is the hollowing out of American jobs overseas. No longer could a high school graduate live on the income afforded by a HS graduate. As people's in the lower socio-economic rungs saw decreasing purchasing power, few alternatives were available to them. Steel Mills closed down, Shoe factories, Clothing, the FT cleaning crew was replaced by low wage imported labor, etc. Some of the same reasons are seen in countries with populations of poor people. Belarus, Thailand, Bahamas, etc.
- pkaye 5y agoDo they keep similar incareration statistics for UK, France, Germany, etc? I'd like to see if there is works there.
- pkaye 5y agoLooks like UK has a similar over-incarceration disparity though. > People from BAME (black, Asian and minority ethnic) backgrounds constitute only 14% of the general population in England and Wales, but make up 25% of its prison population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_prison_population https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Kingdom_prison_populati...