LochnerST

• LochnerST 17 Aug 2020 8:15 UTC

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  in reply to: ChristianKl’s comment on: Does crime ex­plain the ex­cep­tional US in­car­cer­a­tion rate?

  Thanks for the clarification !

• LochnerST 16 Aug 2020 13:09 UTC

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  on: Does crime ex­plain the ex­cep­tional US in­car­cer­a­tion rate?

  Out of interest, what is the reasoning behind using homicide rates as a proxy for crime more generally? Countries with (relatively) high rates incarceration for non-violent drug offenders might skew the relationship (Thailand for example).

  There is then a second question about whether or not non-violent drug offenders should be imprisoned (at all/​at the rates that they are in some countries), but the argument that incarceration is explained by crime might hold in these countries.