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Originally Posted by pwalker8
Two very different issues. There is a lot of research by psychologists on preventing crime by keeping people from becoming criminals (which is what you seem to be focused on). It's successful for some people, not so successful for others. With all the knee jerk reactions towards teaching people to minimize their chance at being the victim, I have zero interest in discussing keeping people from become criminals. It's much more controversial.
Part of the problem is what I like to call the "solving world hunger" issue. For some people, if you don't have a 100% solution for every aspect of a problem, then you are absolute garbage and having done anything. They will shout down anything that isn't a 100% solution. It's all "well what about this", "well, what about that". We aren't solving world hunger. We are solving this one small piece of the puzzle. You eat an elephant one bite at a time, not in one humongous gulp.
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Excuse me? I have said no such thing. All I was expressing is that your way of fighting crime is not part of the solution, but just a band aid. What you are suggesting, attempting to keep people from becoming criminals, is indeed part of the solution. Interestingly enough, you don't want to talk about it. The only controversy about keeping criminals off the street is in the methods. One side wants to give the benefit of the doubt and believes in redemption, the other side much rather lock them up in prison and throw away the key.