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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]"Damn I was gonna shoot the guys selling drugs on my turf, but now that my violence has been interrupted, I've decided to return to college and finish my masters' degree". - said nobody ever [/quote]

Improving economic conditions does lead people to better paths.

Do you personally benefit from the [b]prison-industrial complex[/b]?[/quote]

Please articulate what system of prosecution and punishment/reform you would like to see in place and what you are willing to sacrifice for it (both financially, and as a theoretical victim of crime) to have the equitable , just and forward thinking criminal justice system you seek. Bullet points and examples are fine.[/quote]

So you don't believe in programs to divert?  You think that the current crime rate is just what we have to live with?  Please provide evidence.[/quote]

Not the PP, but no, I don't believe in programs to divert.   A 16-year old that's willing to kill someone for a crew is a lost cause, and was probably a lost cause by age 10.  You can turn around a few lives through aggressive intervention, job training, violence interrupters, etc, but for the most part all you're doing is delaying the inevitable recidivism.    The funny thing is that we *know* how to reduce crime.   We did it successfully during the 1990's and 2000's.     You need aggressive policing in crime-prone neighborhoods, including rigorous but fair enforcement of quality of life crimes, including drug distribution.   You also need vice units that will seek intelligence on crews that leads to actionable evidence (eg.  raids that uncover drugs, weapons, etc).   Longer sentences to keep offenders off the streets past the age of 35, and fewer chances offered to violent juvenile offenders.

All of this is precisely the opposite of the current "defund the police" movement, and we'll just have to wait for crime rates to spike into late-1980's territory for the inevitable "reconsideration" of priorities.  [/quote]

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