Thats a wild stat to through out without a source. It’s like you consider some people are bad and just inherently criminals.
But we can ignore that for a minute, it’s really not important
Let’s spend a moment on how you just mentioned “crimes.” Because there is a lot of difference between crimes. We have so many laws on the books. And far too many of them result in jail or prison time. We simply can’t keep treating every single offence as one that involves losing a portion of a person’s life. And that’s not even mentioning the impact on ones family life and job for even arrests with days or weeks of incarceration.
Criminal sentencing has ballooned as we dehumanize people who make a mistake or bad decision for whatever reason. As soon as I hear someone describe someone as a criminal, I can tell that they don’t see them as a person anymore. They’ve developed a preconceived notion that they are irredeemably bad. It’s how the police and how ICE make out the people it’s targeting in a way to shift public opinion. They are bad, so we can do anything to them because they aren’t people worthy of giving a shit about.
But “criminals” are people. Many of which have made a poor decision due to circumstances beyond their control. Many who regret what they did. They don’t deserve to be dehumanized.
1% of people are persistent violent offenders, accounting for 63% of violent crime convictions. Robbing one person could be desperation. Robbing ten people is a career
Thats a wild stat to through out without a source. It’s like you consider some people are bad and just inherently criminals.
But we can ignore that for a minute, it’s really not important
Let’s spend a moment on how you just mentioned “crimes.” Because there is a lot of difference between crimes. We have so many laws on the books. And far too many of them result in jail or prison time. We simply can’t keep treating every single offence as one that involves losing a portion of a person’s life. And that’s not even mentioning the impact on ones family life and job for even arrests with days or weeks of incarceration.
Criminal sentencing has ballooned as we dehumanize people who make a mistake or bad decision for whatever reason. As soon as I hear someone describe someone as a criminal, I can tell that they don’t see them as a person anymore. They’ve developed a preconceived notion that they are irredeemably bad. It’s how the police and how ICE make out the people it’s targeting in a way to shift public opinion. They are bad, so we can do anything to them because they aren’t people worthy of giving a shit about.
But “criminals” are people. Many of which have made a poor decision due to circumstances beyond their control. Many who regret what they did. They don’t deserve to be dehumanized.
I meant violent crime
https://pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC3969807/
1% of people are persistent violent offenders, accounting for 63% of violent crime convictions. Robbing one person could be desperation. Robbing ten people is a career