Each person on this study is an individual with their own situation, world view, mental health issues, etc. It makes no sense to create blanket policies for all of them (coughcommiescough), that's why they're tried and sentenced separately, why differenct people can get different sentences for the same charges, and why the parole board reviews on a case by case basis.
Say you take 10 people in prison for violent crimes. Say 5 of them got into fights at the bar that got out of hand, 2 were altercations in a parking lot, two were gangbangers, and the last one eats people. Do we just let them all out because 70% are unlikely to reoffend?
I think this is a flagrant misuse of statistics.
Each person on this study is an individual with their own situation, world view, mental health issues, etc. It makes no sense to create blanket policies for all of them (coughcommiescough), that's why they're tried and sentenced separately, why differenct people can get different sentences for the same charges, and why the parole board reviews on a case by case basis.
Say you take 10 people in prison for violent crimes. Say 5 of them got into fights at the bar that got out of hand, 2 were altercations in a parking lot, two were gangbangers, and the last one eats people. Do we just let them all out because 70% are unlikely to reoffend?