Here's a start: https://www.cia.gov/library/publications/the-world-factbook/rankorder/2034rank.html
http://www.prisonstudies.org/ The historical time series would be particularly interesting, though, considering that the incarceration boom in the US started after 1972. On 3/21/08, Robert Naiman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Someone should do a scatter plot of military budget/GDP against > incarceration/adult population for various countries for 1960, 1980, > 2000. It wouldn't prove anything, but it would be interesting to look > at. We know where the U.S. would be. Where would the UK, Canada, > France, Germany, Australia be? Where would Venezuela, Brazil, and > Mexico be? South Africa? Russia and China? > > > On Fri, Mar 21, 2008 at 12:24 PM, Doyle Saylor <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Greetings Economists, > > > > On Mar 21, 2008, at 9:06 AM, Michael Smith wrote: > > > > > Why does maintaining the legions throughout > > > the Empire require locking up so many people at home? > > > > Doyle; > > I think the Vietnam war crystalized the right to their base of > > strength about war or military spending. Hence the reasoning of > > prison went toward a war like attitude because it comes out of global > > powers that have no cultural responsibilities. Effectively, prisons > > enhance an attitude that promises by war to secure threats to wealth, > > and happiness. The cohesion of African Americans was a threat so they > > became the target of repression that was a 'war on drugs'. The U.S. > > power pillars of a big war machine, dollar finance dominance, unite > > under a cultural threat that large groups make. And therefore prisons > > that hold a significant fraction of African American men demonstrate > > the efficacy of war to national interest abroad. > > Thanks, > > Doyle Saylor > > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > pen-l mailing list > > [email protected] > > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > > > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Sandwichman _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
