← Back to context Comment by WalterBright 4 hours ago The group of people who have long arrest records. 2 comments WalterBright Reply direwolf20 3 hours ago So when someone is arrested, that makes them more likely to do crime in the future, so they should be preemptively jailed even if they didn't do a crime this time? WalterBright 1 hour ago > that makes them more likely to do crime in the futureYes. One's past behavior is a strong predictor of future behavior.> so they should be preemptively jailed even if they didn't do a crime this time?No, it means that each successive conviction should result in a longer prison sentence.
direwolf20 3 hours ago So when someone is arrested, that makes them more likely to do crime in the future, so they should be preemptively jailed even if they didn't do a crime this time? WalterBright 1 hour ago > that makes them more likely to do crime in the futureYes. One's past behavior is a strong predictor of future behavior.> so they should be preemptively jailed even if they didn't do a crime this time?No, it means that each successive conviction should result in a longer prison sentence.
WalterBright 1 hour ago > that makes them more likely to do crime in the futureYes. One's past behavior is a strong predictor of future behavior.> so they should be preemptively jailed even if they didn't do a crime this time?No, it means that each successive conviction should result in a longer prison sentence.
So when someone is arrested, that makes them more likely to do crime in the future, so they should be preemptively jailed even if they didn't do a crime this time?
> that makes them more likely to do crime in the future
Yes. One's past behavior is a strong predictor of future behavior.
> so they should be preemptively jailed even if they didn't do a crime this time?
No, it means that each successive conviction should result in a longer prison sentence.