[ale] [OT] Liberties

[Jim Kinney]

property crime has a high return rate. violent crime has a low return rate.*
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*http://www.bjs.gov/index.cfm?ty=tp&tid=17
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*Summary findings*

   - During 2007, a total of 1,180,469 persons on parole were at-risk of
   reincarceration.  This includes persons under parole supervision on January
   1 or those entering parole during the year. Of these parolees, about 16%
   were returned to incarceration in 2007.
   - Among nearly 300,000 prisoners released in 15 states in 1994, 67.5%
   were rearrested within 3 years. A study of prisoners released in 1983
   estimated 62.5%.
   - Of the 272,111 persons released from prisons in 15 states in 1994, an
   estimated 67.5% were rearrested for a felony or serious misdemeanor within
   3 years, 46.9% were reconvicted, and 25.4% resentenced to prison for a new
   crime.
   - These offenders had accumulated 4.1 million arrest charges before
   their most recent imprisonment and another 744,000 charges within 3 years
   of release.
   - Released prisoners with the highest rearrest rates were robbers
   (70.2%), burglars (74.0%), larcenists (74.6%), motor vehicle thieves
   (78.8%), those in prison for possessing or selling stolen property (77.4%),
   and those in prison for possessing, using, or selling illegal weapons
   (70.2%).
   - Within 3 years, 2.5% of released rapists were arrested for another
   rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for homicide were arrested for
   homicide.



On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 10:22 AM, Rev. Johnny Healey <rev.null at gmail.com>wrote:

> On Wed, Aug 21, 2013 at 10:07 PM, Ron Frazier (ALE) <
> atllinuxenthinfo at techstarship.com> wrote:
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>> Furthermore, it's a documented fact that 75% or so of violent felonies
>> are committed by repeat offenders.  So, if you permanently imprison or
>> execute them the next time they repeat, then you reduce violent felonies by
>> 75%.
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> Can you cite your sources on this? I was under the impression that the
> recidivism rate for violent offences was much lower than this.
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> Thanks,
> Johnny
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James P. Kinney III
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*Every time you stop a school, you will have to build a jail. What you gain
at one end you lose at the other. It's like feeding a dog on his own tail.
It won't fatten the dog.
- Speech 11/23/1900 Mark Twain
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