Repeat offenders are a major factor in Colorado's car theft epidemic, data shows
Denver 9News headline, 2/8/2023
I would have never thought this was likely, but if 9News says so...
It was only one of the first things I learned in my freshman year at Northeastern University, 1972. It was true then, it is true now and was true every year in between. The majority of crimes are committed by a small group of criminals who resist efforts to deter them, short of what is genteelly called "incapacitation." That is, sending them to prison and keeping them there.
The trick, within correctional theory, is to distinguish those who could be rehabilitated or deterred from those who will commit crimes whenever they are free to do so.
And the first clue is - are they a repeat offender?
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