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Forums - Politics - USA has the highest incarceration rate. Why?

Laurel Aitken said:
Level1Death said:
RolStoppable said:
You have too many guns.

This. Plus we commit the most crimes.            

http://www.nationmaster.com/graph/cri_tot_cri-crime-total-crimes


That's not trues. The OP has a graphic of incarceration per capita, your statistics show total crimes (not per capita), USA is one of the most populated countries, therefore, it obviously will have a high total crime rate. I think this statistics are better (crimes per capita). In there USA is #8

this post should be the op. well done.



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chapset said:
I don't trust that picture post in the OP there are too many third world countries with a lower incarceration rate then first world countries when by a fact they have the highest murder rate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate) and everyone no povrety is the mother of crime

they don't keep prisoners. they kill them.



Alby_da_Wolf said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Marks said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
Marks said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
because of racial profiling


I hope that's a joke.

 

And my answer to the OP's question is like the Clash said in the song "I'm So Bored With the USA"...because killers in America work 7 days a week. i.e. Americans commit a shit ton of crime. 

Well that and because cops in America seem like dicks from what I've seen on shows like Cops. They arrest people just to look tough and show their authority. People get arrested for having small amounts of pot, underage drinking, etc. They need to focus on major crimes like murder, rape, theft, etc. and less on harmless crimes like pot posession and underage drinking, etc. 

why the guy with the coolest shirt ever? why man?

no i'm not joking.

Well it is undeniable that there's racism in the US but I just don't think that's why there's such a high incarceration rate in the US. 

Could you expand on your point though about racial profiling leading to higher incarceration rates please? Are you talking about policemen being racist and arresting people based on colour...or are you talking more about the court system sentencing people based on race?

both in a way. i understand theres more to it then that, but why are more then 80% of jail's in every state filled with minorities? i don't beleive half that percentage commit crimes.

i agree with your first post.

I don't believe it either: here in Italy with have a lot of immigrants, they are a lot, but they are minorities anyway, and while illegal ones have higher than average crime rates, regular ones have lower ones, they are actually more honest than the Italian average. Minorities integrated in the society for decennia or even centuries should have around the same crime rate of the majority, unless there be still forms of discrimination, both in the way they are judged and in the opportunities they are given to get a decent life. And one thing I never understood is why no big mafia boss has ever been sentenced to death in USA. Just this fact should force any honest judge to apply death penalty only to the worst serial killers, otherwise there wouldn't be equal treatment between the common thug that killed one person during a robbery and is sentenced to death and the boss that ordered many killings and countless other crimes, but receives a milder penalty.

are you talking about my post or the OP.



MARCUSDJACKSON said:
chapset said:
I don't trust that picture post in the OP there are too many third world countries with a lower incarceration rate then first world countries when by a fact they have the highest murder rate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate) and everyone no povrety is the mother of crime

they don't keep prisoners. they kill them.

that or the majority of the crimes are never even reported



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chapset said:
MARCUSDJACKSON said:
chapset said:
I don't trust that picture post in the OP there are too many third world countries with a lower incarceration rate then first world countries when by a fact they have the highest murder rate (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_intentional_homicide_rate) and everyone no povrety is the mother of crime

they don't keep prisoners. they kill them.

that or the majority of the crimes are never even reported

dito



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chris212223 said:
Look on the bright side my fellow Americans at least we're #1!!!! xD


This.  We won't rest until we're #1 at everything!!

But seriously the reason is we don't execute enough.  If we used the death penalty on murderers, rapists, shoplifters and jaywalkers we wouldn't have this problem.



Too many blacks and latinos.



HappySqurriel said:
You have an education system that is set up to protect incompetent teachers an benefit unions at the expense of students ... If you don't have the basic literacy skills and/or numeracy skills to perform well in our economy the likelyhood that you will end up in jail (due to criminal activity) is drastically increased.

From my perspective, while incompetent teachers is an issue, it's only a small one. Irresponsible school boards that spend most of their discretionary funding on constant remodeling of the football field while many classrooms have maps with the Soviet Union on them is a far bigger issue, as is the fact that many kids just don't give a damn about their own education. You can't teach those who refuse to learn



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DeathToIran24 said:
Too many blacks and latinos.

Then why do many of the countries that are all blacks or all latinos have lower rates?



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Mr Khan said:
DeathToIran24 said:
Too many blacks and latinos.

Then why do many of the countries that are all blacks or all latinos have lower rates?

EDIT: In second thought, though funny and i clearly states I was joking and disagree with it, i'm gonna self edit this out.

Seriously though... as people said, War on drugs, higher sentences and just general culture.