[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Pyramid*

Less people in a country = less people committing crimes to start off with - additinoally: I suspect it is more to do with the way Norway bring up their children to be more decent law abiding adult, more responsible and respectable citizens, compared to the UK.

Sometimes you have to expand the mind, educate people in a better way, teach them how to behave in a civilised society, to respect others and their property etc: if the UK started from grass roots level, and spent less money and time pandering to those who do commit crimes and are imprisoned: we'd HAVE less people per 100,000 in jail - going to jail is not a deterrent in this county. It's seen more as in inconvenience to most cons - who suffer from revolving door syndrome.

Again, I think that's fairly transparent.

Yes but they have a proportionately less crime per head of the population, the size of a country is irrelevant

And sure, many factors contribute towards a low crime rate; an effective justice system is a pretty big one

[Pyramid*]

Originally Posted by MTVN

Yes but they have a proportionately less crime per head of the population, the size of a country is irrelevant

And sure, many factors contribute towards a low crime rate; an effective justice system is a pretty big one

The justice system in this country is a joke - mind you, it again goes back to grass roots.

If people are brought up to respect others, to respect the laws of the land, and to be aware that prison is not some cushy number - there would be less crime.

The size of the country is relevant - as was made clear in the article in the Guardian.