It's extremely difficult to compare crime statistics that don't involve death. There's under reporting right and left, and there are classification problems. W

It's extremely difficult to compare crime statistics that don't involve death. There's under reporting right and left, and there are classification problems. With that said, I don't think it's true that the US has, per capita, significantly more violent crime than the median Western country. What we have is a LOT more guns, which increase the probability that our violent crime becomes lethal. We DO have vastly more incarceration than most other countries, though.