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The U.S.' crime rate may be 87% higher than Norway's but our incarceration rate is 880% higher.
Incarceration rates (per 100,000 population)Norway.......72
The US......707
http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_countries_by_incarceration_rate
The larger percentage of violent crimes is not the main reason for our much higher incarceration rate.