Use information and resources with the instructions to complete.
Each source should have 1-2 paragraphs.
List each source in APA format (as you would in a references page), followed by 1-2 paragraphs that answer the following questions:
What are the main arguments?
What is the point of the book or article?
What did you learn from reading the article?
What arguments did the authors make?
Is this similar or contrary to the argument you want to make in your paper?
How does this article compare to your other sources?
How can you use this article in your paper?
How does the United States prison system compare to China, United States, and The United Kingdom?
Starting in the 1970's policies were created that initiated incarceration of Americans at a phenomenal rate. For example, the US incarcerated population is remarkably greater than China and Brazil, with over 2 million inmates compared to 1.7 million and 760,000, respectively (Gramlich, 2021). In the United States, 716 are incarcerated per 100,000 population, significantly higher than in other countries. I will compare the United States prison system to Chine, Brazil and the United Kingdom.
The United States prison system is important to policing because the issue of the over population of prisons is partly due to strict drug laws. Keeping theses laws in place does not only harm members of the community but continues to put police officers in potential danger when enforcing the laws.
Gramlich, J. (2021, August 18). America's incarceration rate falls to lowest level since 1995. Pew Research Center. Retrieved September 8, 2022, from https://www.pewresearch.org/fact-tank/2021/08/16/americas-incarceration-rate-lowest-since-1995/
Jones, T. (2004). Comparative criminal justice policy-making in the United States and the United Kingdom: The case of private prisons. British Journal of Criminology, 45(1), 58–80. https://doi.org/10.1093/bjc/azh067
Young, S. (2020, September 23). Capital and the Carceral State: Prison privatization in the United States and United Kingdom. Harvard International Review. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://hir.harvard.edu/us-uk-prison-privatization/
O'Conner , R. (2014, March 19). Digital Commons University of South Florida (USF). Site. Retrieved September 14, 2022, from https://digitalcommons.usf.edu/
