Income Inequality 9 Flashcards
Countries with highest imprisonment rates
USA; Singapore, Israel
Countries with lowest imprisonment rates
Greece, Japan, Norway, Finland, Sweden
Where is Australia in terms of imprisonment rates
kind of near the top towards the middle
Which theory does imprisonment rates support
social capital and status hierarchy theories
Rates of imprisonment are associates with…
Rates of imprisonment are associated with challenges to law and order and reflect high rates of person crimes: High homicide rates; High domestic violence; High rapes and sexual assaults; High rates drug usage
How much of NSW prison population have been convicted of a person crime
44%
Relate trust to income inequality
Higher income inequality, the lower reported levels of community trust (negative correlation)
Countries with lowest level of trust
Portugal, Singapore, Israel, France (USA in bottom/middle)
Countries with highest level of trust
Sweden, Denmark, Norway, Finland (Japan in middle)
Where is Australia - in the middle
Define truth (3)
firm belief in the reliability, truth, or ability of someone; the capacity to develop strong individual, social and community links; conceptualised as having trust in people but also not distrusting others (including governments)
Which theory does trust support
social capital; status hierarchy
To trust someone the individual needs to have…
tolerance, be well adjusted, and have relative/similar power (in more equal societies)
To trust the situation has to
be secure (in low crime environments) and have good interpersonal communication (with equals)
To have trust, the person requesting must
be personally similar, have similar interests, show benevolence, be capable (again characteristics of socially equitable societies)
Relate mental illness to income inequality
Higher income inequality, the higher % of people reporting mental illness
