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An argument for the controversial three strikes law?
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I generally don't think permaprison is a cost-effective solution. I was thinking in line with angle bracelets for repeaters for lmt time.
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Violent crime tends to drop off with age. Residents of old people's homes don't tend to commit much violent crime.
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Yes, hence the ineffectiveness of permanent imprisonment.
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Very naive. They are filling a niche. Others will replace them.
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Politicians claim that gangs that sell drugs fill a niche too, would just move to other stuff if we legalize drugs. So far, completely wrong
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Point taken, but they're two different things. Incarceration removes supply, but not demand for drugs. Legalising drugs removes demand.
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Legalizing drugs reduces the black market. The black market is the main cause of drug problems, not drugs.
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Right. Don't think we disagree.
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Isn't this also to a large degree because most crime is committed by men within a certain age range?
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Most men/boys in the most crime active ages don't get even 1 conviction. There is an effect, but it is small.
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Is this in western countries or universal?
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I don't think there's enough studies of a diverese set of countries to say whether it's universal or not.
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You can be quite sure that this is universal. These distributions always result when they reflect some accumulated achievement (creative, criminal, scientific etc.).
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The graph seems to say that the top 1% average 55 convictions per offender. That doesn't seem plausible.
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Think you should read some more of the convictions these people get. I've seen people with 100s.
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I WONDER WHO HAS THE WORLD RECORD
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