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

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What it is

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.

Why Hacker News recommends it

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

  • 3 people recommended it
  • 4 different months
  • 1 strong recommendations
  • first 2017, last 2022

What HN commenters said

  1. “this is absolutely worth a watch”

    Compares American prisons with the civilized world

    Lev1a, 2022-08 · Strong recommendation · in “At $249 per day, prison stays leave ex-inmates deep in debt”

  2. “I'd recommend to watch this talk about the German prison system from an American perspective.”

    German resocialization versus US retributive justice

    okket, 2017-05 · Recommendation · in “Topics in Core Mathematics at Graterford Prison”

  3. “the whole talk is rather worthwhile to watch”

    Stats on crime drop without mass incarceration

    freeflight, 2020-12 · Recommendation · in “In 1980s Los Angeles, a bank was robbed every hour (2019)”

Excerpts from Hacker News comments, linked to the originals. Summaries and labels were written by a language model from those comments.

Topics: german prisons, criminal justice reform, incarceration, rehabilitation, tedx

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