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The USA, unless something changed recently. Using GDP as the metric.
by anonym29 4y ago
The USA, unless something changed recently. Using GDP as the metric.
- throwaway290 4y agoNominal total GDP? Per-capita? By PPP? USA is only at the top in one of them. Which one is more relevant when talking about crime or justice system?
- anonym29 4y agoNominal total GDP, but you bring up a fair point. That said, I don't know that any of those are particularly relevant to criminal justice success rates. I imagine a metric like "average law enforcement spending per department" might be a good starting point, but would not necessarily account for efficiency or misuse. What metric do you think would be best, and how does / do you think the US scores on it, depending on the availability of the metric?
- throwaway290 4y agoSince high absolute GDP is achievable while having a lot of societal issues (cf #2 China), at least adjusted per-capita metrics seem to make more sense. In other words, I wouldn't say a #1 total GDP country having issues with murders and solving them is somehow a condemnation of legal system in general.