omslin comments on Crime and punishment - Less Wrong

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Comment author: omslin 26 March 2011 11:16:29PM *  0 points [-]

In rich countries, there are strong correlations between income inequality and imprisonment rates (graph), and between income inequality and homicide rates (graph). As for selection bias, the authors of the graphs took the 50 richest countries over population 3 million for which data was available. Data sources here.