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You may be misunderstanding his point. I think he's pointing out that people who commit serious crimes usually have a prior history of smaller, petty crimes th
by Fernicia 3y ago
You may be misunderstanding his point.
I think he's pointing out that people who commit serious crimes usually have a prior history of smaller, petty crimes that they were not given meaningful punishment for.
The data certainly supports this observation, and I can dig out supporting evidence if it's in doubt (at least in NYC, Dublin, and London. I'm not familiar with SF).
- BaseballPhysics 3y ago> You may be misunderstanding his point. No, I'm not. He specifically mentioned broken window theory elsewhere. > The data certainly supports this observation, There are multiple interpretations of the data, and the Wikipedia page I cited goes through the many possibilities.