The Sociopath Next Door

[sellnbama]

Bluemoon,
Neither really,just a place for criminals to figure out with others where they went wrong.Very,very few use this as a positive.Most just figure they have perfected their career and when they get out with limited options that are given to felons go back to what they were doing before,with an improved strategy of course.

[Bluemoon06]

Escape form New York looks better and better.

[christopher w]

Positive,

Yes in that order.

I freaking HATE spiders.
Jaws has scared me since I saw it when it came out. I was 6.
Prison for the obvious reasons.

[furnishedowner]

They should be for both. And also to protect society.

Furnishedowner

[Bluemoon06]

Are we punishing criminals so that they will stop doing crimes?  Or is it payback.  You hurt us and we are going to hurt you.

[PositiveOutlook]

Bluemoon06,

"Are we punishing criminals so that they will stop doing crimes?  Or is it payback.  You hurt us and we are going to hurt you"

It is both... the victims gets payback/justice for crimes against them and society benefits by the severity of the sentance to serve as a deterant...

[Bluemoon06]

Revenge or payback for the victim?  You caught the guy that stole my mother’s wedding ring.  You give him bed with 3 meals a day, cable TV and all day to play basketball and use free-weights.  That is not revenge.  If you steal my TV, putting you in jail does not pay me back.  What pays me back in making you give me $1500 for the TV you took.  Jail is not a deterrent because there is not 1 criminal that believes he is ever going to get caught.  Since he will never get caught the punishment is irrelevant.  Why do you think people murder or rape knowing that they would get the death penalty if they are caught?  They don’ think they will ever get caught.

I think we should make criminals that get caught work at some job while they are in jail.  The money from that job goes to the victims.  Basically you hurt me of my family and you become the slave to my family. 

[PositiveOutlook]

Bluemoon06,

"Why do you think people murder or rape knowing that they would get the death penalty if they are caught?  They don’ think they will ever get caught."

The deterrant of the dealth penalty has been nutured due to inapplication of it...  It is the equivolent of saying that if you commit a particular crime, you get a year in prison, but then just get community service...

All bark, no bite...

"I think we should make criminals that get caught work at some job while they are in jail.  The money from that job goes to the victims.  Basically you hurt me of my family and you become the slave to my family. "

Interesting concept, but the ACLU would fight against it...