all disfunction boils down to how they aren't fitting in with current cultural expectations

you will never get the killing of 10+ year immates passed into law, it is unrealistic

at least not in theory

i reject the idea that long prison sentences are effective; and thus unnecessary

they keep violent people away from the rest of us until their hormone levels drop

long sentences are for public show.
and that is myopic af

most violence is from the -40 group

you can increase crime punishments and get them out of society, yes its going to cost money, yes it will be expensive, but it will be cheaper than the lost social value having them in society causes, there are going to be trade offs. they will have kids, who are violent, and who will commit crimes, creating more and more social negative costs.

YOU WILL BE PAYING, ONE WAY OR ANOTHER

lets do it with incarceration

keep violent thugs in prison long enough so they start acting like old men

really easy

@SuperHeroDeluxe again, if u need more than 10yrs, they're irreparably broken

cite a study that proves that, i'd love to read it

no -- fix them, or kill them.

actualy that

i mean, i'm sure i could, if i spent the time digging.
i'm simply shooting from the hip atm.

but it is something i've given considerable thought to.

i have done some digging around in the past.

i think it probably does not have to do with time, its probably hormone levels like superherodeluxe said, if we are shooting from the hip that is what i would beleive to be true

as well as my 1st-hand experience with criminal types.

__***Hormones are the problem not time***__

rather than killing we should focus on making rehabilitation programs that actually work, for the real monsters we should invest more in mental hospitals and probably build more

k, brain is finally done maturing at around 25yrs. hormones have stablized, etc.

no, that's the brain

people can still be very agressive but it tapers off in their late 30s

im skeptical about the actual effectiveness of rehab @Frost509 from what i remember from the literature, its useless and does not work

people become more risk-averse and less likely to fight all the time

mental hispitals though, now thats good

what, u talking about just let them age out of testosterone production?
guess what, their lives are practically over by that point -- at least to the degree that it'd matter.

@wotmaniac yes they wronged society and that is thier punishment

by then, they're of no use to anybody for anything

wow, i don't feel my life is over and i'm far older than that

@wotmaniac you just hurt @SuperHeroDeluxe feelings

@Brue again, that's just for the public feelz.
or would it be better to convert them to productive members

__***SAY SORRY***__

stick then knife in all the way, say OK BOOMER

@wotmaniac of course i know

@Brue yeah as it is now i agree it doesnt really seem to help, which is why i figure we should look into ways to make it work instead of being halfassed about it like we seem to be now. it most likely can work but i dont know enough about it to make any definite statements about how it works now

@SuperHeroDeluxe true. but you've also had the opportunity to build a trajectory for your life

just by learning

no need to be outside a prison

@Frost509 the reason it does not work is the same reason those people ended up there in the first place