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My observation is that most criminals fall into a category that would be solved with "impulse control" pills and/or better mental health treatment. The big diff
by nibs 10y ago
My observation is that most criminals fall into a category that would be solved with "impulse control" pills and/or better mental health treatment. The big difference I have observed, independent of race, wealth, etc. is that people who have criminal records tend to "go off" while others do not. Otherwise it may as well be the same person.
- kiba 10y agoI believe that if we can understand what make them tick, we can fix them. Though that also comes with it the horrifying possibility of dystopian societal control.
- wott 10y ago"we" vs "them"... I am always surprised when I (very often though) hear/read "normal" people, generally meaning good, who think that there are two separate kinds of individuals, the "we" and the "them"; who cannot fathom that all of "us" may slide slowly or fall suddenly into the "them" category.
- kiba 10y agoJust to be clear, I thought everyone has a capacity for murder and other crimes. Fixing 'them' may also involves fixing 'us' since crimes also occur in the context of our social environment. Think of prosecutors and the police. They are driven by incentive and cognitive bias to commit gross miscarriage of justice and get away with it. In order to do that, you have to know humanity on an uncomfortably and dangerous deep level.
- coldtea 10y ago>My observation is that most criminals fall into a category that would be solved with "impulse control" pills and/or better mental health treatment. Those are the violent criminals, repeat offenders, lowlife, etc. There a huge number of "criminals" that are perfectly normal people like you and me that got dragged in some criminal act somehow. Including totally innocent people that just looked too black, were in the wrong place, etc.
- ryanmarsh 10y agoImpulse control? How about a guy who grew up destined to be a fuck up because everyone in his life is a fuck up?
- bsder 10y ago> My observation is that most criminals fall into a category that would be solved with "impulse control" pills and/or better mental health treatment. You don't even have to go that far. "Impulse control" is the big one. Several inner city social programs were all about getting people to simply think for a moment before doing things like killing someone for "disrespect". It's really surprising how strong the taboo for killing people is and how well it asserts itself if you just give it a moment to kick in.