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Canadian and US law enforcement are pretty different... Edit - response to your edit: The US white incarceration rate is ~5-7x the total incarceration rate in

Canadian and US law enforcement are pretty different... Edit - response to your edit: The US white incarceration rate is ~5-7x the total incarceration rate in Canada.

bediger4000 13y ago
Great, I did not know that. Which one works better? That is, which style of law enforcement produces a safer civil society?
- alexeisadeski3 13y ago
  I'd put my money on Canada, but the truth is probably hard to distill.
- vinceguidry 13y ago
  My guess would be that law enforcement doesn't do much at all for public safety and the level of violence in any given area is probably driven by economic or other factors.
- AYBABTME 13y ago
  I'd say, experimental results show that the canadian way produces safer civil society. But then, I'm completely biased, being Canadian. Anyhow, I do feel much safer in any Canadian city than in the places I've been to in the US. Just compare crime rates for major cities and you'll see for yourself.
  - alexeisadeski3 13y ago
    Actually... Crime rates (homicide rates) are starkly similar across the border: http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/images//MurderRate2007.jpg http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/images//MurderRate2007.jpg The dangerous US cities in some other border states throw off the perception, but there is a heck of a lot of difference between Detroit and Toronto other than law enforcement! In general, it's the rust belt and deep south and Mexican border states which skew US homicide rates; the parts which border Canada have similar homicide rates to Canada (again aside from rust best + Illinois). It's actually a bit funny - states near Canada have similar homicide rates to Canada. States near Mexico have similar homicide rates to Mexico (much lower than Mexico, but higher than some other states). States near the Caribbean have rates like the Caribbean (again much lower than the Caribbean, but again higher than other states). Not sure how the mid Atlantic states work into that analogy, haha :)
    - AYBABTME 13y ago
      If you compare the population density instead of a map, the situation is different. Québec, British Columbia and Ontario are the most populous areas yet they have to lowest murder rate. Compare that with Texas, California, New York, Florida, ... I think simply looking at this map is misleading.
      - alexeisadeski3 13y ago
        You think that California and BC have similar population densities? Not even close.
        AYBABTME 13y ago
        I don't know where you read that.

Canadian and US law enforcement are pretty different... Edit - response to your edit: The US white incarceration rate is ~5-7x the total incarceration rate in Canada.

bediger4000 13y ago

Great, I did not know that. Which one works better? That is, which style of law enforcement produces a safer civil society?

alexeisadeski3 13y ago
I'd put my money on Canada, but the truth is probably hard to distill.
vinceguidry 13y ago
My guess would be that law enforcement doesn't do much at all for public safety and the level of violence in any given area is probably driven by economic or other factors.
AYBABTME 13y ago
I'd say, experimental results show that the canadian way produces safer civil society. But then, I'm completely biased, being Canadian. Anyhow, I do feel much safer in any Canadian city than in the places I've been to in the US. Just compare crime rates for major cities and you'll see for yourself.
- alexeisadeski3 13y ago
  Actually... Crime rates (homicide rates) are starkly similar across the border: http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/images//MurderRate2007.jpg http://www.unitednorthamerica.org/images//MurderRate2007.jpg The dangerous US cities in some other border states throw off the perception, but there is a heck of a lot of difference between Detroit and Toronto other than law enforcement! In general, it's the rust belt and deep south and Mexican border states which skew US homicide rates; the parts which border Canada have similar homicide rates to Canada (again aside from rust best + Illinois). It's actually a bit funny - states near Canada have similar homicide rates to Canada. States near Mexico have similar homicide rates to Mexico (much lower than Mexico, but higher than some other states). States near the Caribbean have rates like the Caribbean (again much lower than the Caribbean, but again higher than other states). Not sure how the mid Atlantic states work into that analogy, haha :)
  - AYBABTME 13y ago
    If you compare the population density instead of a map, the situation is different. Québec, British Columbia and Ontario are the most populous areas yet they have to lowest murder rate. Compare that with Texas, California, New York, Florida, ... I think simply looking at this map is misleading.
    - alexeisadeski3 13y ago
      You think that California and BC have similar population densities? Not even close.
      - AYBABTME 13y ago
        I don't know where you read that.