Posted by: Anonymous Coward
on March 16, 2006 11:26 PM
We have a higher crime rate than Europe and a greater proportion of our citizens in jail
Actually - the USA has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world, even slightly higher than post-genocide Rwanda...
I have never seen a figure for cop/citizen ratio, but if one counts all the "three letter agencies", plus police, plus sheriff, plus the various assorted specialized "law enforcment" agencies I would wager that the USA also leads the world in this field.
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Posted by: Anonymous Coward on March 16, 2006 11:26 PMActually - the USA has the highest incarceration rate of any country in the world, even slightly higher than post-genocide Rwanda...
I have never seen a figure for cop/citizen ratio, but if one counts all the "three letter agencies", plus police, plus sheriff, plus the various assorted specialized "law enforcment" agencies I would wager that the USA also leads the world in this field.
USA #1 - second to none!
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