List of countries by incarceration rate

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List of countries by incarceration rate​

The World Prison Brief (WPB) may or may not incorporate juvenile incarceration numbers into the totals for each country, dependent territory, or subnational area.

List of countries by incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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List of countries by incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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[VCheng]

The World Prison Brief (WPB) may or may not incorporate juvenile incarceration numbers into the totals for each country, dependent territory, or subnational area.

How do these rates relate to lax or effective enforcement of laws based on the legal system in each country?

 

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UNODC 2017 Murder Rates per 100,000[4]

UNODC 2017 murder rates per 100,000[4]

Region	Rate	Homicides
Americas	17.2	173,000
Africa	13.0	163,000
World	6.1	464,000
Europe	3.0	22,000
Oceania	2.8	1,000
Asia	2.3	104,000

List of countries by intentional homicide rate - Wikipedia​

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[VCheng]

Rape statistics​

Rape statistics - Wikipedia​

Is the definition of rape the same, and the legal enforcement thereof?

 

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Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country​

Estimated number of civilian guns per capita by country - Wikipedia

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There are 120 guns for every 100 Americans, according to the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey (SAS). No other nation has more civilian guns than people.

The Falkland Islands – a British territory in the southwest Atlantic Ocean, claimed by Argentina and the subject of a 1982 war – is home to the world’s second-largest stash of civilian guns per capita. But with an estimated 62 guns per 100 people, its gun ownership rate is almost half that of the US. Yemen – a country in the throes of a seven-year conflict – has the third-highest gun ownership rate at 53 guns per 100 people.

https://edition.cnn.com/2021/11/26/world/us-gun-culture-world-comparison-intl-cmd/index.html

 

[VCheng]

There are 120 guns for every 100 Americans, according to the Switzerland-based Small Arms Survey (SAS). No other nation has more civilian guns than people.

Is the freedom to own firearms enshrined in the Constitution of other countries? If not, this comparison is not like for like.

 

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List of countries by incarceration rate​

The World Prison Brief (WPB) may or may not incorporate juvenile incarceration numbers into the totals for each country, dependent territory, or subnational area.

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List of countries by incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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List of countries by incarceration rate - Wikipedia

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Crime > Total crimes per 1000: Countries Compared

https://www.nationmaster.com/country-info/stats/Crime/Total-crimes-per-1000

 

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Crime over time[edit]​

In the long term, violent crime in the United States has been in decline since colonial times. The homicide rate has been estimated to be over 30 per 100,000 people in 1700, dropping to under 20 by 1800, and to under 10 by 1900.[10]

After World War II, crime rates increased in the United States, peaking from the 1970s to the early-1990s. Violent crime nearly quadrupled between 1960 and its peak in 1991. Property crime more than doubled over the same period.

Crime in the United States - Wikipedia

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How do these rates relate to lax or effective enforcement of laws based on the legal system in each country?

Many factors impact these rates including culture of violence/tranquillity, societal views towards punishment/retribution, drug violence, how laws are written and enforced, credibility of statistics, etc.

 

[Destranator]

Is the definition of rape the same, and the legal enforcement thereof?

Rape stats are among the most unreliable as definition and propensity towards reporting varies widely across countries.

 

[VCheng]

Many factors impact these rates including culture of violence/tranquillity, societal views towards punishment/retribution, drug violence, how laws are written and enforced, credibility of statistics, etc.

Exactly. NONE of the charts in this thread are as simple as they appear to be, and highly misleading probably.

 

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Is the freedom to own firearms enshrined in the Constitution of other countries? If not, this comparison is not like for like.

I suspect you are referring to the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. An honest read of this document, in the context that it was written in, would make it obvious that it is only giving Americans the right to "keep and bear arms" in the context of states maintaining "well-regulated militias" - in other words, US citizens have the right to keep and bear arms when serving in the state's National Guard.
The Fourth Amendment had nothing to do with your random Joe across the road keeping personal firearms.

However, the corrupt US Supreme Court has, in recent decades, re-interpreted the Fourth Amendment to allow for unlimited sale of firearms by gun manufacturers.
Moreover, billions of $$ have been spent lobbying the Congress & White House and manipulating media coverage.
All of this has resulted in the current culture of gun lunacy in the US where there are more firearms floating around than people.

 

[VCheng]

I suspect you are referring to the Fourth Amendment to the US Constitution. An honest read of this document, in the context that it was written in, would make it obvious that it is only giving Americans the right to "keep and bear arms" in the context of states maintaining "well-regulated militias" - in other words, US citizens have the right to keep and bear arms when serving in the state's National Guard.
The Fourth Amendment had nothing to do with your random Joe across the road keeping personal firearms.

However, the corrupt US Supreme Court has, in recent decades, re-interpreted the Fourth Amendment to allow for unlimited sale of firearms by gun manufacturers.
Moreover, billions of $$ have been spent lobbying the Congress & White House and manipulating media coverage.
All of this has resulted in the current culture of gun lunacy in the US where there are more firearms floating around than people.

Thank you for sharing your opinion. People in USA do have the mechanisms to amend and interpret the Constitution and whatever the results, they have to bear the consequences, good and bad, no one else. And those mechanisms may be slow, but do work.

 

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Thank you for sharing your opinion. People in USA do have the mechanisms to amend and interpret the Constitution and whatever the results, they have to bear the consequences, good and bad, no one else. And those mechanisms may be slow, but do work.

I think the Fourth Amendment is fine the way it is written. The reason for rampant gun violence in the US is rampant corruption in the three branches of federal government and mainstream media at the behest of gun lobbies. However, I am optimistic that things will change for the better in the next two decades as the TV-obsessed generations die out and newer, internet-savvy generations take charge of government and media.

 

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I think the Fourth Amendment is fine the way it is written. The reason for rampant gun violence in the US is rampant corruption in the three branches of federal government and mainstream media at the behest of gun lobbies. However, I am optimistic that things will change for the better in the next two decades as the TV-obsessed generations die out and newer, internet-savvy generations take charge of government and media.

We shall see. The future is not as easy to predict as the past.