WDW101Y1 Lecture Notes - Shoplifting, G4S Secure Solutions, Private Prison
14 May 2012
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Approximately 9. 8 million people are currently incarcerated throughout the globe. Over half are incarcerated in three countries: the united states (2. 5 million prisoners); china (2. 4 million prisoners) and russia (900,000 prisoners). 60% of all nations have rates below 150/100,000. Many of the lowest rates of imprisonment are found in small countries. India and nigeria are two exceptions to this trend. Prison populations grew in many parts of the world during the 1990s. Canada is the lowest on the graph, the u. s. , russia, and rwanda are at the top (u. s. is 7 times greater than the canadian rate) Lower rates than canada: greece, italy, france, germany, philippines, nigeria is the least *canada is in the middle in terms of incarceration rates over the world) In europe, incarceration rates grew by over 20 during the 1990s. Incarceration rates grew by over 40 percent in half of all european countries.
