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Right, but I'm assuming you live in a decent community with decent support. You live in a decent house with a decent job. This is also the reason you are likely not to commit a significant crime-- there is no need. There is no power to be gained, no money that you couldn't obtain legally, no significant anger or behavioral patterns.

But the opposite is true for most re offending criminals. Their freedom from the cage thrusts them into another cage. There is no point in not committing crime, especially if you are part of a gang. The gang affords you power and a kind of familial bond to other people.

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This is so true. I've heard friends who've been in the workhouse talk about it, how it was a free place to stay and you didn't have to worry about where your meals were coming from. It's not that they "wanted" to be there, but they preferred it over indefinite jail.