The U.S. briefly held spot #97 in the annual Global Peace Index, which is produced by Vision of Humanity, but an ever-increasing incarceration rate combined with the Boston Bombing contributed to a drop to sub-100 levels.
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While the concept of "peace" is a hard one to judge, the group claims it uses 22 qualitative and quantitative indicators to rank the countries and compute a final score.
Some of those indicators, such as America’s lack of gun control, possession of nuclear arms, participation in a number of military conflicts, a low percentage of women in political ****** and terrorism — the Boston Bombing, specifically — contributed negatively to the U.S.’s GPI score Read more...
06-20-2014, 05:22 AM
U.S. ** Longer One of World's 100 Most Peaceful Countries, Report Says
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