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Most people in prisons are there for violent crimes (partly because they tend to have longer sentences). Property crimes are definitely under-policed.
by lliamander 4y ago
Most people in prisons are there for violent crimes (partly because they tend to have longer sentences).
Property crimes are definitely under-policed.
- rom-antics 4y agoAccording to this page, drug offenses are by far the highest category. https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offenses.jsp https://www.bop.gov/about/statistics/statistics_inmate_offen...
- lliamander 4y agoThat is true for federal prisons. For state prisons, where the majority of criminals are incarcerated, 62% of prisoners are there for violent crimes. https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2021-statistical-tables https://bjs.ojp.gov/library/publications/prisoners-2021-stat...
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- Gigachad 4y agoIs it possible the US has an unusually violent population? Perhaps due to greater car usage during the leaded petrol era?
- lliamander 4y agoThe rates of violence are highly region dependent. Much of the US has quite low rates of violence, with a few localities that have quite high levels. Lead may well be a contributing factor, but there are probably a number of other causal factors at play in those populations.