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Indeed, and I suspect that the fundamental factor in how people view prison is based on their personalities. Conservative people are fundamentally more risk ave
by BuyMyBitcoins 5y ago
Indeed, and I suspect that the fundamental factor in how people view prison is based on their personalities. Conservative people are fundamentally more risk averse than Liberal people.
“Educate” me all you want about rehabilitation, but when I hear that a man murdered two people with a knife and slashed six others, I’m going to think that man needs to be locked up for life because he’s too much of a risk to innocent people.
Conversely, I can lecture a liberal person all day about how dangerous these people can be and they’ll think that these people deserve a chance at being let back into society.
- ipaddr 5y agoWhy not enforce a quick death penalty. Putting someone away for 2, 5, 10, 20 or 30 years and just letting them back into society seems more dangerous compared to trying to change those behaviours before letting them go free.
- nsonha 5y agoNot always the case Also if they are alive they still have a chance to fight if they're wrongly convicted.
- slibhb 5y agoI'd frame it in a different way. Conservatives argue for punishment as deterrence and to keep society safe from criminals. Liberals argue for punishment as rehabilitation and are happy to abandon punishment if it is shown to not rehabilitate. Both of these are utilitarian arguments. A third position is: criminals deserve to be punished in proportion to the crime committed because a society that does not punish criminals is not worth living in. The definition of a crime is a transgression that must be punished, whatever the consequences.