Re:The Caging of America
by tlb on Sunday March 11, 2012 @09:16PM
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Indeed, many policies work locally but not globally. Harassing criminals and putting them on busses leaving town appears to work, but only locally.
Anyway, the story seems to say that since there was a period of time in which NYC crime decreased while NYC incarcerations also decreased, the theory that incarceration reduces crime is refuted. Hardly.
Re:The Caging of America
by rhizome on Sunday March 11, 2012 @09:23PM
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I live in a city where people are said to commute in from the outer parts in order to commit crimes, but the assertion is only ever backed up by anecdata.
Anyway, the story seems to say that since there was a period of time in which NYC crime decreased while NYC incarcerations also decreased, the theory that incarceration reduces crime is refuted. Hardly.