> The data are in, the experiment has been done, and the conclusions are undeniable: it is a complete disaster.

This is no experiment. This is a single case in a single city that may have been avoidable with other policy decisions.

> Anyone who thinks criminals are “good people in bad circumstances” and “having to be a criminal is punishment enough for their crimes” is just wilfully ignorant.

Ah, the real bias comes out now.

> One can’t help but wonder if people pushing these policies are victims of “no-consequences positive parenting” 30 years later. Those policies can work fine in a loving home - not so much in the adversarial and violent world of society at large.

More pseudo psychology please!

So in other words, you don't have any sources.

TFA is the source

Nope