Re: Land of let's only talk about whats wrong with the US

From: Samantha Atkins (samantha@objectent.com)
Date: Thu Aug 21 2003 - 03:39:15 MDT

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    On Wednesday 20 August 2003 19:17, Spike wrote:
    > -----Original Message-----
    > From: Nicq MacDonald
    >
    > Alright. Damien posted a message reporting on how many people are
    > incarcerated in the US. This is a major concern for many people here
    > and abroad. Why does America have a higher crime rate than the rest of
    > the industrialized world?...-Nicq MacDonald
    >
    > Nicq, do you know for sure that this is the case? It
    > could be that the U.S. is better at catching the
    > scoundrels who commit crimes. (I mean real ones,
    > not mere drug possessors.) That is the direction I
    > hope to see technology take all societies all over
    > the world: that they get better at catching the real
    > criminals. spike

    In point of fact we are all aware of a great number of crimes that should not
    be crimes that add to the incarceration rate. Most of us are also aware that
    some of the automatic mandatory sentencing practices are unfair and also
    increase the active incarceration number. It is least likely that we are
    better at catching scoundrels. Our conviction rate and percentage of solved
    crimes lags that of other countries with a lower incarceration rate. I
    hope we get a LOT better at know what is and isn't real crime and preventing
    it.

    - samantha

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