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If a 19% drop in crime accompanies the indiscriminate detention of 19% of the population . . . . (Original Post) Stinky The Clown Apr 2012 OP
Well you see... jberryhill Apr 2012 #1
Yep! And we're good at punishing the victims. n/t RKP5637 Apr 2012 #2
Not too long ago, that idea would have been laughed off the stage Art_from_Ark Apr 2012 #4
gives new meaning to "lock up your daughters". n/t Joe Shlabotnik Apr 2012 #5
If he eliminated crime, why all the artillery? Oh, yeah, money. freshwest Apr 2012 #3
You didn't think they were all up to their ears in the private industrial prison complex for nutt'n lonestarnot Apr 2012 #6
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
1. Well you see...
Thu Apr 5, 2012, 07:27 PM
Apr 2012

You don't have to lock up the criminals to stop crime. There are other approaches.

For example, a crime has a criminal and a victim. So, if you lock up a prospective victim, then it prevents a crime. Locking up the criminal afterward doesn't prevent the crime.

So, why lock up the future victim instead of the criminal?

Simple.

The criminal might be dangerous and hard to catch. The victim is easy - practically by definition, really.

So, to prevent more crime at lower cost and risk, it is easier and just as effective to simply lock up people who would otherwise end up being innocent victims of something.

Art_from_Ark

(27,247 posts)
4. Not too long ago, that idea would have been laughed off the stage
Thu Apr 5, 2012, 07:44 PM
Apr 2012

But the way things are going, I wouldn't be surprised if some idiot governor some time down the road proposes such an idea and gets enough backing from fellow idiots to make it law

 

lonestarnot

(77,097 posts)
6. You didn't think they were all up to their ears in the private industrial prison complex for nutt'n
Fri Apr 6, 2012, 12:51 AM
Apr 2012

did you.

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