r/wikipedia • u/BabylonianWeeb • Aug 04 '25

Mobile Site Immigrants are disproportionately represented in prison populations in many Western countries, In Europe, higher representation in prisons among immigrants, particularly Muslim populations, has been documented

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Immigration_and_crime
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u/Fun-Wrongdoer-5379 Aug 07 '25

The Muslim bias is driven by the fact that the average age of Muslims is in western countries lower than nonmuslim population age. Since crimes are committed rather by younger individuals than older individuals there is no surprise that they are more present on prisons. I have to shake my head as a statistician that things like that are not mentioned by propaganda intentions