JC, I'm still kinda baffled: What's your point? Not
> trying to be snide, but I truly don't see what you're
> driving at.
>
Starting with my post earlier tonight, you mean? You're right to be baffled if you're looking for a point, since I don't have one. Just sharing information that seemed germane to the conversation, is all.
> The stats you cite below seem to add up to a noncorrelation
> between incarceration and crime, which certainly doesn't
> surprise me. What am I missing?
>
Could be (and I'm inclined to agree). But a "law and order" advocate could also point to a correlation between rising incarceration and decreasing crime as a case of causation. I wouldn't think they were right, but I also see leftists making less plausible causation claims every day.
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