Abstract

Tocqueville and Beaumont statistically compare the French and American criminal justice systems along the following data points: crimes committed against persons, property, mores, and forgery (1830); mortality in prisons (1828–1830); recidivism (1828–1830); the number of women in prison (1825–1831); the number of foreigners in prison (1827–1831); ages of prisoners (1825–1831); and the proportion of prisoners to the general population (1827–1830). In comparison to America, France has fewer convictions for crimes against mores, decreasing crimes against persons, more deaths in prison, comparatively similar recidivism and age rates, almost double the number of imprisoned women, fewer foreigners in prison, and more individuals convicted for serious crimes.

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