To a reasonable approximation, unusually high US crime rates are unusually high homicide rates[*]. Other kinds of crime are average for a wealthy country. Burglary is slightly lower.
The second anomalous thing about the US is the very high rate of gun ownership. Whilst advanced emergency room technology can be expected to lower the rate of successful homicide, all other things being equal, the availability of killing technology would increase it.
The third anomalous thing about the US is the high incarceration level. The prison population, anywhere, is the product of sentence length and incarceration rate (itself a product of crime rate and successful prosecution rate). Things like three strike rules guarantee long sentences for minor offences.
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“However, some countries such as Canada have similar definitions of what constitutes a violent crime, and nearly all countries had the same definition of the characteristics that constitutes a homicide.[citation needed] Overall the total crime rate of the United States is higher than developed countries, specifically Europe, with South American countries and Russia being the exceptions.[43] Some types of reported property crime in the U.S. survey as lower than in Germany or Canada, yet the homicide rate in the United States is substantially higher as is the prison population” WP
To a reasonable approximation, unusually high US crime rates are unusually high homicide rates[*]. Other kinds of crime are average for a wealthy country. Burglary is slightly lower.
The second anomalous thing about the US is the very high rate of gun ownership. Whilst advanced emergency room technology can be expected to lower the rate of successful homicide, all other things being equal, the availability of killing technology would increase it.
The third anomalous thing about the US is the high incarceration level. The prison population, anywhere, is the product of sentence length and incarceration rate (itself a product of crime rate and successful prosecution rate). Things like three strike rules guarantee long sentences for minor offences.
[*] “However, some countries such as Canada have similar definitions of what constitutes a violent crime, and nearly all countries had the same definition of the characteristics that constitutes a homicide.[citation needed] Overall the total crime rate of the United States is higher than developed countries, specifically Europe, with South American countries and Russia being the exceptions.[43] Some types of reported property crime in the U.S. survey as lower than in Germany or Canada, yet the homicide rate in the United States is substantially higher as is the prison population” WP