Posted on 05/16/2016 10:41:11 AM PDT by detective
Also, keep in mind that the problem actually gets worse when you factor out minority populations, because then our comparables are now other almost-all-white countries like Denmark (61 per 100k incarceration rate), Sweden (60), Finland (57), France (100), Germany (78), Belgium (105), etc.
A “normal” incarceration rate for a Western country populated mostly by white people is 100 per 100k capita or less. We are at 380 for white people alone.
Are you ready to concede that this country has an excessive incarceration problem?
Elites live in gated communities.
It’s the disappearing middle class that’s worried about crime.
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