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The US has an incarceration rate nearly 20 times that of Japan.
by confidantlake 5y ago
The US has an incarceration rate nearly 20 times that of Japan.
- thegrimmest 5y agoWhy do you think that is? Would you be willing to accept one of the reasons being a culture which is more tolerant of criminal behavior?
- confidantlake 5y agoI don't know why that is but it is clearly not because they are tolerant of criminal behavior. If the US is more tolerant of criminal behavior wouldn't they have a lower incarceration rate than Japan? If a higher incarceration rate lead to less crime wouldn't the US have less crime than Japan? Clearly our high incarceration rate hasn't fixed criminal behavior. Instead we should look at Japan and other countries with low crime rates to see what they do.