It tells us that the USofA locks up more people per 100,000 than any other G20 country. Ok so we're getting somewhere. Let's compare crime victimisation rates

It tells us that the USofA locks up more people per 100,000 than any other G20 country. Ok so we're getting somewhere. Let's compare crime victimisation rates of G20 countries, and see if the United States high-incarceration rate is: A). Disproportionately high B). Justified C). Disproportionately low You feel very strongly about this issue, so if you've already looked into this let me know. It tells us that you have to reach to Central African Republic make some kind of apples and oranges attempt to justify why the US is clearly more punitive than actual comparitive countries. As I said, it had the lowest crime rates of all jurisdictions on the list, with the exception of San Marino, which didn't seem statistically useful because of the tiny population. If we're judging the attitudes of a whole nation by a single metric, might we not gain some knowledge from judging other nations by the same metric, and contrasting? Ie what might the wikitravel page for the USA say if it had the prison population rates of the CAR?