Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence rate vs. probation

Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence... by alexasmyths on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @01:37PM (#15443728)

It's not fair to say 'Ethnically European' in the same sentence as 'Ethnically German or Norwegian'.

France and UK are as different as France-USA, UK-USA. Europe is extremely diverse across borders.

So, the 75% of America that is 'Ethnically European' is already very varied.

Also - a good chunk of the 'non-Norwegians' in Norway are Swedes and Danes, which are pretty close.

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Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence... by vilmosi on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @06:34PM (#15445887)

>>> So, the 75% of America that is 'Ethnically European' is already very varied

Maybe genetically (although even that is debatable). But after a few generations you kind of iron out the differences between, say, a German - American and a Polish - American.

The differences between Germans and Polish are much larger. They speak German and Polish for instance vs just English.

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Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence... by alexasmyths on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @06:37PM (#15445906)

I agree with your points, but I just don't think America is nearly as culturally homogenous as basically any European country.

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Re:Study finds putting people in prison increases re-offence... by vilmosi on Tuesday October 10, 2017 @07:22PM (#15446100)

I didn't say that (although I disagree with that too). But I'm addressing the comparison between European Americans and actual Europeans.

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