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Chimp said...

Most of these countries the US is compared to are lawless. You commit crimes and can expect to get away with it. Many of these countries have extreme punishment for crimes. Offenders will disappear after being arrested. This is not a fair comparison.

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PeakTrader said...

American Correctional Association
Founded 1876
U.S. Prison Demographics

Black and Hispanic inmates together make up 62 percent of the prison population.

46 percent of inmates were incarcerated for a violent offence.

Maybe, the U.S. is better at catching criminals.

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PeakTrader said...

Sweden’s unsolved violent crime rate at 95 percent
15 November 2008

"Robberies and violent crimes made up 75 percent of all reported crimes in Sweden last year, which added up to around 900,000. Police managed to solve 5.8 percent of them.

Bengt Svenson, the national police chief, defended his department saying: “There is often very little of value to work with. When it comes to theft, there are no witnesses, and victims often don’t know when the crime occurred. There’s really not much to go on and that obviously makes it hard to solve crimes.”

Justice Minister Beatrice Ask feels the figures are an unwelcome truth for a government that ran on a platform on crime reduction. When elected, the government promised to have 20,000 police on Sweden’s streets by 2010.

Ask feels that part of the problem lies with Sweden’s culture. “I think it has to do with the culture, the idea that there is simply nothing that can be done.” At any rate, Ask says she feels the statistics are rather disturbing and that the Swedish police could do more to clear up these cases."

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PeakTrader said...

Maybe, it makes more sense to change the question from "repressive" to "aggressive":

"Which repressive country puts the most people in jail for violating government laws?"

AGGRESSIVE: Marked by combative readiness; obtrusive energy; driving forceful energy or initiative.

The team plays a very aggressive style of defense.

The company took aggressive steps to prevent illegal use of their equipment.

Synonyms: ambitious, assertive, enterprising, fierce, go-getting, high-pressure, in-your-face, militant.

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PeakTrader said...

RJS, the IMF chart represents (more) America-bashing.

Once powerful nations want a U.S. that's submissive, apathetic, and government-dependent to gain power in the world community. They want their best and brightest to stop fleeing to America.

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PeakTrader said...

It's possible, 1% of Americans are criminals and most of them are in jail.

In a country like Pakistan, 5% or 10% are criminals and 1% of them are in jail.

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PeakTrader said...

VangelV, I knew a classmate from Keyna who lived very well in the U.S. with no income.

When I first saw him in school, he was wearing some type of turbin and robe. However, within a few weeks, he was wearing jeans and a t-shirt watching college and pro football and drinking beer every weekend (rooting for the Denver Broncos and Colorado Buffaloes).

His government never sent him the monthly checks for school, and his government asked for his return plane ticket, which he sent. He was stranded in America, and lived with a friend from Africa for free, who was an accountant, and also shared his meals.

Everytime I saw him, he said "Hey, Art, do you have any coins?", and his roomate complained he always "had his hand out." I often gave him money and it seemed the African blacks who visited adopted me (although, I'm white).

After a year, I said to him, "You should write a book on how to live in America with no money," because he actually lived well. He always had a place to sleep, food, and went out with friends, who helped him. Also, the university forgave his tuition and helped him in many ways with school.

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