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    1 year ago

    Science has known harsher sentencing is not a deterrent since the 80’s. Breaking up families and communities causes intergenerational poverty and trauma, and as a result causes more crime. That’s what they teach in criminology because that’s what’s proven by the science.

    People who want harsher sentencing instantly reveal themselves as unserious about criminal justice or in any way reducing crime.