Comparative Crime and Punishment Summer 2014 Universität Konstanz, D404 Professor Lisa L. Miller Rutgers University USA

Sources: Slides 3 and 4: International Centre for Prison Studies – World Prison Brief Slides 5 and 6: Bureau of Justice Statistics (BJS) Crime Trends Tool RunCrimeTrendsInOneVar.cfm Slide 7: Homicide Trends in the U.S., race, age and gender, BJS Slides 8-10: Vera Institute of Justice

Other differences: Sentence length: – Netherlands: 98% are four years or less 91% one year or less – Germany: 92% are less than two years 75% one year or less – Average sentence length in US is 3.0 years Drug offenders, youth and the mentally ill are rarely imprisoned in the Netherlands and Germany, in contrast to the U.S., where % (or more) imprisoned are drug offenders.