tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105917.post6974398103997129361..comments2023-09-28T11:03:34.448-05:00Comments on Woman of the Law: like I said.Unknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105917.post-37662695471515848672007-02-06T13:35:00.000-05:002007-02-06T13:35:00.000-05:00Also, don't forget that while locked up, criminals...Also, don't forget that while locked up, criminals are not running around committing more crime, so prison certainly deters crime in that sense.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7105917.post-64146062422835390402007-02-01T02:11:00.000-05:002007-02-01T02:11:00.000-05:00Call me a simpleton, but I think the fact that the...Call me a simpleton, but I think the fact that they chose to study ONLY CRIMINALS when trying to determine whether or not prison deters crime is absurd.<br /><br />Seems to me they're missing the whole group of people who never got arrested because they never committed a crime because they were detered, possibly by fear of prison. So, I have a hard time supporting the conclusion based on that study.<br /><br />What would make more sense to me is a conclusion that there is a class of person who is indifferent to prison due to environmental factors - perhaps the same factors that caused them to commit a crime in the first place (bad environment/upbringing) or perhaps the fact the process of going to prison one time affects ones view of it.Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04490950554401737938noreply@blogger.com