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Originally Posted by anver
Dont insult Spin's intelligence, and his top class posts. Why should he comment on some dumb prison inmate and his/her reformation?  |
Probably because it was the weekend, and I was doing other more important things than arguing with gimps on the internet.
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Originally Posted by topper
where is Spinoza he knows everything ? |
At the time of your post, probably drinking whisky.
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Originally Posted by iguanamanc
I think many of us would welcome a retributive theory - or rather practice - of punishment. What would your answer be?
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I'd welcome it if someone could prove that retribution reduces reoffending rates. However, I suspect the correlation is closely tied up to the manner of retribution and its implementation.
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Originally Posted by Chris H
Several years ago, a pair of sociologists concluded that the drop in crime we Yanks enjoyed during the 1990s was in large part due to the increase in abortions beginning in the late 60s.
A 1999 New York Times article: Linking Drop in Crime to Rise in Abortion |
They found a coding error in their analysis later on. There's a Fed working paper somewhere. Intuitively though, it sounds possible.
28th April 2008, 11:42
