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Germany: Low Crime, Clean Prisons, Lessons for America | Jeff Rosen | TEDxMountainViewHighSchool

TEDx Talks · 3.1M views · 2017-01-30 · 25:58

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Santa Clara County District Attorney Jeff Rosen explains in a TEDx talk why Germany has lower crime and far fewer prisoners than the US, and what American criminal justice could learn from German prisons.

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HN recommends it as a comparison of German rehabilitative prisons with American retributive justice, backed by statistics.

Recommended by 3 HN people across 4 months · HN mentions 2017–2022

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Lev1a · 2022-08 · Strong recommendation

On the topic of prison systems in America vs. the civilized world, this is absolutely worth a watch: [VIDEO]

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Lev1a · 2021-05 · Recommendation

Or this talk about one of Denmarks neighbours (Germany) by an American, Jewish, (grand-)son of Holocaust survivors visiting a German prison with a bunch of other Americans ("60 Minutes" reporter, some Governor, a DA, a convicted murderer etc.). A bunch of stats and comparisons to underline the effects of different prison systems: [VIDEO] And the related segment from "60 Minutes": [LINK]

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freeflight · 2020-12 · Recommendation

It's debatable if the police state was actually responsible for that drop in crime. Afaik Canada saw a comparable drop in crime, over the same time-period, without starting to mass incarcerate people [0] [0] [VIDEO] (Relevant stats and discussion start around 6:45, but the whole talk is rather worthwhile to watch)

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