America's unjust sex laws

Re:America's unjust sex laws by zach on Friday August 28, 2009 @05:27PM (#792323)

Citation needed. Here, let me Google "prison recidivism non-violent" for you -- a 1997 study which suggests that only about 15% of nonviolent offenders are returned to prison within three years for violent offenses [PDF]:

http://www.ojp.usdoj.gov/bjs/pub/pdf/pnoesp.pdf

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Re:America's unjust sex laws by sho on Friday August 28, 2009 @06:33PM (#792415)

You're proving the parent's point?

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Re:America's unjust sex laws by zach on Saturday August 29, 2009 @12:40AM (#792781)

Isn't 15% is about what you would expect if they were randomly convicted first of a nonviolent offense?

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Re:America's unjust sex laws by radu_floricica on Saturday August 29, 2009 @05:47AM (#793020)

Maybe in America. In my corner of the world it would be way under 1%.

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Re:America's unjust sex laws by zach on Sunday August 30, 2009 @09:57PM (#795244)

I wouldn't be surprised if it were lower, but I would love to see some real statistics in play.

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