I certainly admire the pragmatism of the Norwegian people. I totally agree that their "rehabilitative" approach rather than a purely "punitive" one is the model for other prison systems. However, what concerns me about Norway's future is their leniency on the massive number of rapes that are being committed by "foreign" men in the country. Studies show that rapists are hardly, if ever, "rehabilitated" of their desire to rape. They almost always do it time and time again. In this case, I think a harsher penalty is warranted to act as a deterrent. The sentences for rape in Norway (and Europe as a whole) are usually only a matter of months or a few years. At least in all the cases I've read.