hey, isn't it obvious that people in the U.S. are more guilty than in other countries?
On Thu, Apr 24, 2008 at 10:16 AM, Charles Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Mass immiseration is a secular trend in capitalism. > > CB > > ^^^^^^^^ > > U.S.A. leads the world > > > > > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > NY Times, April 23, 2008 > American Exception > Inmate Count in U.S. Dwarfs Other Nations' > By ADAM LIPTAK > > The United States has less than 5 percent of > the world's population. But > it has almost a quarter of the world's prisoners. > > Indeed, the United States leads the world in > producing prisoners, a > reflection of a relatively recent and now entirely > distinctive American > approach to crime and punishment. Americans > are locked up for crimes — > from writing bad checks to using drugs — > that would rarely produce > prison sentences in other countries. And in > particular they are kept > incarcerated far longer than prisoners in other nations. > > Criminologists and legal scholars in other > industrialized nations say > they are mystified and appalled by the number > and length of American > prison sentences. > > full: http://lists.econ.utah.edu/pipermail/marxism/2008-April/027275.html > > > > This message has been scanned for malware by SurfControl plc. > www.surfcontrol.com > _______________________________________________ > pen-l mailing list > [email protected] > https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l > -- Jim Devine / "Segui il tuo corso, e lascia dir le genti." (Go your own way and let people talk.) -- Karl, paraphrasing Dante. _______________________________________________ pen-l mailing list [email protected] https://lists.csuchico.edu/mailman/listinfo/pen-l
