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

Why HN readers recommended it

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

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

TEDx Talks

Topic

prison systems comparison

Format

talk

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

3

HN mentions in dataset

9

Recommendation years in dataset

2017–2022

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From the original HN conversations

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

• I'd recommend to watch this talk about the German prison system from an American perspective. The main point is the difference between European resocialization and US retributive justice. Although this may show the bright sides here in Germany a little bit too bright, they do …

• 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 …