Zero Tolerance

[Wojtek Sokolowski]

At 08:34 PM 4/27/00 -0400, Yoshie wrote:
>By violent crimes you mean murder, rape, aggravated assault, etc.  Of 
>course you can't claim that the majority of the incarcerated are 
>violent criminals.  If the police simply focused on violent crimes, 
>while decriminalizing drugs & prostitution, the rate of incarceration 
>would plummet dramatically.
>

Absolutely.  However, decriminalization of "victimless crimes" (drugs and
prostitution) may drastically reduce our prison population, but it is
likely to have minimal effect on more serious crime (excpet perhaps crimes
against property).  Most violent crimes are committed to boost male ego:
earn the perpetrator peer respect, control "his" woman, defend male "honor"
etc.  (cf. Jack Katz, _Seductions of crime_ which is an excellent account
of motivation behind criminal acts).  

I do not understand why so many Lefties (includinmg feminists) have such a
problem with incarcerating and otherwise incapacitating violent males.

wojtek