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And how is that working? For all of the cruelty of our justice and carceral system, we still have high crime and high recidivism. It's catastrophically bad poli

And how is that working? For all of the cruelty of our justice and carceral system, we still have high crime and high recidivism. It's catastrophically bad policy from a public safety standpoint, costing an immense amount of money for the outcomes we get. And yet, there's not much public motivation to demand better. I have concluded that the system largely does what the public wants. It inflicts tremendous harm and collateral damage with a veneer of plausible deniability that lets us tell ourselves that it's about crime reduction, justice, and/or rehabilitation.

acjohnson55 4y ago
To add to the previous, where is our commitment to misconduct and abuse of power that causes widespread damage? If we actually cared about deterring crime, we'd take the same punitive approach to white collar criminals as street crime. I argue that white collar crime doesn't have the same psychological effect on society. It doesn't create the same demand for human sacrifice. Consequently, you've got no interest in taking a pound of flesh, combined with the same lack of actual care for safeguarding the public interest.