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Only if you never release anyone, because otherwise there is the possibility that it would increase instances of crime _more than if they had never gone to jail
by misnome 4y ago
Only if you never release anyone, because otherwise there is the possibility that it would increase instances of crime _more than if they had never gone to jail_ after release.
- UIUC_06 4y agoActually, that's provably false: older people commit fewer crimes.
- BigRedDog1669 4y agoIn general, yes they commit less crimes. But does a 45yo person who was caged for 5 years and neglected commit less crimes than a 40yo free person?
- UIUC_06 4y agoYou could research that; of course you'd have to control for "having committed a crime in the first place."