> If you look at other countries that have a much higher emphasis on reformation, and less of an emphasis on "punishment", they have a measurably lower recidivi

> If you look at other countries that have a much higher emphasis on reformation, and less of an emphasis on "punishment", they have a measurably lower recidivism rate. I have trouble finding good evidence for this. Easy enough to find cherry picked numbers when someone is trying to make a point, but what I see is that the data on recidivism is pretty noisy and subject to a number of parameters that can make it hard to compare across jurisdictions. https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/recidivism-rates-by-country https://worldpopulationreview.com/country-rankings/recidivis...