Imprisonment & globalization
Last week, Davide dug up some great numbers from the BBC on worldwide rates of imprisonment. I was curious to see if there is any correlation between countries’ incarceration rates and levels of globalization. So I used our 2005 Globalization Index to map it out. Sources: A.T. Kearny/Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index; International Centre for ...
Last week, Davide dug up some great numbers from the BBC on worldwide rates of imprisonment. I was curious to see if there is any correlation between countries' incarceration rates and levels of globalization. So I used our 2005 Globalization Index to map it out.
Last week, Davide dug up some great numbers from the BBC on worldwide rates of imprisonment. I was curious to see if there is any correlation between countries’ incarceration rates and levels of globalization. So I used our 2005 Globalization Index to map it out.
Sources: A.T. Kearny/Foreign Policy Magazine Globalization Index; International Centre for Prison Studies
The United States is clearly an outlier, but some have questioned whether the numbers reported by certain countries can be trusted. How accurate, for example, are the reported numbers for China’s prison system?
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