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by _dain_
623 days ago
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>and for the record, I agree that a person found guilty of what they were arrested for 15 times should be incarcerated but you know damned well that most of the time it doesn't even go to trial. they're arrested, released, arrested, released, charges pressed, charges dropped; an endless merry-go-round. eventually people stop even reporting crime, why should they bother when the criminals don't get put away? >From my perspective, there's ample evidence to suggest that #2 is more likely why? this is like the "lump of labour" fallacy but for crime. and yes, getting rid of just a few career criminals does disproportionately reduce crime. here's a funny natural experiment from ireland: https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/crime/number-of-burgla... |
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