The work OP did in the update does use homicide as a proxy for crime, but still finds that the US is “an enormous outlier” in the world when comparing homicide rates with incarceration rates. We also see enormous imbalances along (socially constructed) racial lines with regard to arrest rates, convictions, and sentencing, implying that the state of our prisons has little to do with “crime rates” as such.
The work OP did in the update does use homicide as a proxy for crime, but still finds that the US is “an enormous outlier” in the world when comparing homicide rates with incarceration rates. We also see enormous imbalances along (socially constructed) racial lines with regard to arrest rates, convictions, and sentencing, implying that the state of our prisons has little to do with “crime rates” as such.