Then what’s to stop repeat offenders? Crime(violent and theft) is skyrocketing in SF because of this policy. It’s insane, and it needs to go, and so does @chesaboudin
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Replying to @msutyak @awokeocracy and
Let's get straight about something. It is not actually Boudin's job to prevent crime. It's his job to prosecute them once they occur. If you want crime prevention, then go to your policy makers. Being tough on crime does not stop repeat violent offenders.https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/do-prisons-make-us-safer/ …
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"Prison is an important option for incapacitating and punishing those who commit crimes, but the data show long prison sentences do little to deter people from committing future crimes."https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence …
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"In fact, scientists have found no evidence for the chastening effect. Prisons may exacerbate recidivism. Research has found evidence that prison can exacerbate, not reduce, recidivism. Prisons themselves may be schools for learning to commit crimes."https://nij.ojp.gov/topics/articles/five-things-about-deterrence …
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Replying to @netfire4 @awokeocracy and
Then what is the alternative? Simply forgiving crime is not the answer. Failure to prosecute allows criminals to continue to roam the streets. Prop 47 has directly led to more theft and car break ins, because there is no penalty for those crimes in CA.
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Replying to @msutyak @awokeocracy and
There are a variety of restitutions many of them more effective and less societally costly than mass incarceration. I think financial crimes deserve financial consequences, incarceration being to high a societal burden and too destructive in these instances.
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Replying to @netfire4 @awokeocracy and
And how do you collect from those that don’t have anything to collect from? Plus, financial cost isn’t as much of an impediment.
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Requiring restitution to the victim is implemented successfully in many countries. If an offender can't pay, they could "do their time" by performing unpaid labor or community service
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While they continue to commit crimes in the meantime.
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Replying to @msutyak @awokeocracy and
This level of minor crime is cheaper than the mass incarceration cure we are attempting. We should choose a different more humane path, it's more effective at addressing violent crime.
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Humane yes definitely. But it’s not at all clear to me how the proposed, and mostly implemented, solution addresses the humanity of all involved.
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