← Back to context Comment by WalterBright 7 hours ago The group of people who have long arrest records. 2 comments WalterBright Reply direwolf20 6 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 5 hours 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 6 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 5 hours 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 5 hours 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.