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Zero tolerance policies specifically disallow common sense though, as surely tolerance is a major part of common sense in these kinds of situations. Also rare
by moocowduckquack 13y ago
Zero tolerance policies specifically disallow common sense though, as surely tolerance is a major part of common sense in these kinds of situations.
Also rare is an imprecise term.
The US jails more people per head than any other country, and also jails a larger percentage of its children than any other country in the world, so if you compare the situation in the US to the global norm, rather than rare, it would seem to be frighteningly common.
- vacri 13y agoThe problem with the incarceration rate is that it's not just 'US does more', but 'the US is an extreme outlier'. Pretty much all the developed nations are in the band 50-150/100k population, from memory New Zealand is an outlier at 200, and the US is... 750. It's such a mind-bogglingly extreme outlier. South Africa at the height of Apartheid 'only' had 550.