I'd say to look at countries with lowest rates of crime - Singapore and Japan.Originally Posted by ReginaldBubbles
Japan's lower crime rates may have something to do with cultural values of "not to stand out" and "go with the flow" but there's also the way they treat their laws - all detainees are considered guilty until proven innocent. And if you've mistakenly done time in prison even when proven innocent years later, the only thing you'd receive is an apology.
Singapore however doesn't have the same cultural values as Japan and follows a Westminster based law as any former British colony such as yours truly, Australia. Their harsh, almost dictatorial laws means that citizen obedience is very strong. And once upon a time the Singaporean government even banned anal sex regardless of hetero or homosexual relationships (homosexuality is also banned there if I'm not mistaken), and there were people charged for anal sex whether through false accusations or through being caught red handed.
The problem here is that in most Western countries, juvies are treated as if they have zero faults. Maybe if they're under 10 years old they can be forgiven but they shouldn't be treated as if they're a 5 year old up until the age of 18. Some high school rape cases gets written off with a warning or community service just because they're not yet 18 and this impacts the rape victims severely. You can't just tell a rapist to do mandatory yoga classes, they might even rape the yoga teacher and other students while class is in session.
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