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Re:The Caging of America by anigbrowl on Sunday March 11, 2012 @07:35PM (#3691633)
Yes, but it's not the root cause. it's a factor in criminality, but criminality and incarceration are imperfectly correlated.
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Re:The Caging of America by sliverstorm on Sunday March 11, 2012 @09:22PM (#3691937)
Imperfectly correlated is somewhat of a misnomer, IMO. Nearly every observed correlation is "imperfect". Hell, that's basically what "correlation" implies.
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Re:The Caging of America by anigbrowl on Monday March 12, 2012 @02:02AM (#3692503)
Poorly correlated then. Lots of people are incarcerated for things most people consider inappropriate because the criminal justice system is so awash in perverse incentives.
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