Well it's simple, I see crime as a societal failure, not just the failure of the individual. It is the job of the nation and therefor the people to make sure that the youth are raised up to be strong pillars of the community. For example if a man is prone to beating his spouse it's probably because he too was raised around such violence. It takes a village to raise a child, which is why neo liberalism prefers to destroy the sense of community, for they dont want men of character, they want slaves. Punitive justice in the modern world is just an excuse to not adress the problems liberalism caused.
