I don’t think prison is criminogenic. The most criminogenic thing that results from the current setup of the US justice system is the scarlet letter status of a felony conviction. I’m of the opinion that felonies committed before age 22 should be somehow retroactively reduced to misdemeanor status five years or so after their commission.
I don’t think prison is criminogenic. The most criminogenic thing that results from the current setup of the US justice system is the scarlet letter status of a felony conviction. I’m of the opinion that felonies committed before age 22 should be somehow retroactively reduced to misdemeanor status five years or so after their commission.
I personally know someone who received a felony conviction for a crime committed at age 17, and although he is a totally different person now, it will most likely follow him forever. The effects of this status are the only thing that I could imagine pushing him to recidivism.
I don’t think prison is criminogenic. The most criminogenic thing that results from the current setup of the US justice system is the scarlet letter status of a felony conviction. I’m of the opinion that felonies committed before age 22 should be somehow retroactively reduced to misdemeanor status five years or so after their commission.
I personally know someone who received a felony conviction for a crime committed at age 17, and although he is a totally different person now, it will most likely follow him forever. The effects of this status are the only thing that I could imagine pushing him to recidivism.