> I would rather have a belief that the system will find the root causes of crime and take actions to fix them then believe the system will punish those who bre

> I would rather have a belief that the system will find the root causes of crime and take actions to fix them then believe the system will punish those who break the rules. Punishment causes damage to society beyond just the individual being punished. In your belief it seems you discount the cost of "finding the root causes of crimes and taking actions to fix them" with the idea seeming to be that a greater good is achieved that way than through punishment. However, you fail to realize that there are very real costs to society for enabling this root cause analysis, to the detriment of our civil liberties. Every time you take off your shoes at the airport, you are being punished for someone else's crimes.