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The $free alternative of incarceration remains, independent of whether costly alternatives exist. Alas, human nature is such that making it easy "to get their
by ctdonath 12y ago
The $free alternative of incarceration remains, independent of whether costly alternatives exist.
Alas, human nature is such that making it easy "to get their life back together after committing the 1st crime" decreases the incentive to do so. The main point of sentencing is to discourage recidivism.
I'm concerned about a subculture normalizing crimes, 1st or subsequent. Objecting to punishment with zero consideration of the cause thereof facilitates the underlying problem.
- mfringel 12y agoAlas, human nature is such that making it easy "to get their life back together after committing the 1st crime" decreases the incentive to do so. [citation needed]
- ZeroGravitas 12y agoI worry more about subcultures having their normal criminalized e.g. the drugs those people do need to be punished severely. This goes back to prohibition and the Ku Klux Klan supporting it to antagonise Irish Catholics.
- socialist_coder 12y agoThis is already happening with crack vs coke, but I assume you know that =)
- socialist_coder 12y agoIt's not easy to get your life back to together. It's very difficult already. These offenders are punished enough already, society should not be making it more difficult.