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Tilted Cat Head
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Location: Manhattan, NY
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Originally Posted by willravel
Cynth, the point which you seemingly missed is that a vast majority of people in prison would not be considered a "lost cause" by psychologists because they don't suffer from mental illnesses that are less likely to be totally treatable, like certain cases of schizophrenia for example. These mental illnesses are exceedingly rare, even in prisons. The idea that people like this child are beyond hope of treatment is ignorant.
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Right, and you are welcome to recieve them into your neighborhood. I'm not interested in welcoming them into my community.
Not a lost cause? Maybe not, but again, if you did the crime you should pay the time.
Do you understand the recidivism rate? While these are for adults, the idea that you state that everyone is treatable and can be rehabilited is just folly.
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Two studies come closest to providing "national" recidivism rates for the United States. One tracked 108,580 State prisoners released from prison in 11 States in 1983. The other tracked 272,111 prisoners released from prison in 15 States in 1994. The prisoners tracked in these studies represent two-thirds of all the prisoners released in the United States for that year.
Rearrest within 3 years
67.5% of prisoners released in 1994 were rearrested within 3 years, an increase over the 62.5% found for those released in 1983
The rearrest rate for property offenders, drug offenders, and public-order offenders increased significantly from 1983 to 1994. During that time, the rearrest rate increased:
- from 68.1% to 73.8% for property offenders
- from 50.4% to 66.7% for drug offenders
- from 54.6% to 62.2% for public-order offenders
The rearrest rate for violent offenders remained relatively stable (59.6% in 1983 compared to 61.7% in 1994).
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Reconviction within 3 years
Overall, reconviction rates did not change significantly from 1983 to 1994. Among, prisoners released in 1983, 46.8% were reconvicted within 3 years compared to 46.9% among those released in 1994. From 1983 to 1994, reconviction rates remained stable for released:
- violent offenders (41.9% and 39.9%, respectively)
- property offenders (53.0% and 53.4%)
- public-order offenders (41.5% and 42.0%)
Among drug offenders, the rate of reconviction increased significantly, going from 35.3% in 1983 to 47.0% in 1994.
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