I didn't read all the comments. I'm not sure it's the justice system that is most at fault, though I'm sure it could be improved. I would like to see prisons at least try to do some rehabilitation. We're spending a fortune on prisons that seem to be training camps for even worse crimes. I'm opposed to the "3 strikes" system.
In my area I see that low wages, lack of any kind of safety net, the closing of psychiatric hospitals, the authoritarian school system, and even things like crappy food and housing as great contributors to crime and violence. I think these complicated social factors are the root of our problems.
Still, crime is at a lower rate now than in the past. I feel a heck of a lot safer on city streets than I did in the 1970s.
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