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Since America is such a huge outlier in terms of jailing people, my thinking is that we ought to compare America to other similar countries and see what the dif
by tomlockwood 5y ago
Since America is such a huge outlier in terms of jailing people, my thinking is that we ought to compare America to other similar countries and see what the differences are. Pressing the "harsher punishments" button would seem premature, in my view.
- choko 5y agoYou should not be comparing America as a whole to most other countries. The states have historically had more autonomy resulting in more diverse sets of laws and cultures than most other countries. If you must compare, I think state level data would be a more fair comparison.