@paulg Great argument for life sentences.
Each additional year of incarceration increases the likelihood of re-offending by 4 to 7%: http://goo.gl/NxIS4m
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@paulg highly recommend Bill James Popular Crime chapter on prison reformThanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg Also, more serious offenders tend to be sentenced to longer sentences.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg And, if one is not a brainless leftoid, one would expect more serious offenders (harder criminals) to reoffend more often.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg So it may not be the additional years of jail that are making them reoffend, but the extra hardness of their criminality.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@paulg ...which was (sensibly) punished extra hard.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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@AndySwan That's not true; lots of crimes are committed in prison.Thanks. Twitter will use this to make your timeline better. UndoUndo
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