Norway has a slightly better sentencing system, the sentences are also quite short but not as comically short as in Sweden where they are too short for any effective programs.
Here's a famous case of a man convicted of molesting 100's of children in both Sweden and Norway who got 9 years.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Andersen_(child_molester) He was convicted on over 60 counts, and it's hardly a unicorn case.
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What's their recidivism rate like? Nothing else matters, IMO.
Don't have Sweden, Norway's is apparently 20%. US is >50% to 70%, depending on sources.
http://uk.businessinsider.com/why-norways-prison-system-is-s...
Sweden's is closer to the US. for 3 years it's 40% https://www.bra.se/bra/bra-in-english/home/crime-and-statist... I need to find the decade stat's those were in the 60's for men (especially of certain groups).
Norway has a slightly better sentencing system, the sentences are also quite short but not as comically short as in Sweden where they are too short for any effective programs.
Here's a famous case of a man convicted of molesting 100's of children in both Sweden and Norway who got 9 years. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erik_Andersen_(child_molester) He was convicted on over 60 counts, and it's hardly a unicorn case.