> Imagine if every bank robber, rapist, drunk driver, etc could say...
...and receive effective therapy instead of punishment?
Yes, I can imagine it and that would be a much better world.
...and receive effective therapy instead of punishment?
Yes, I can imagine it and that would be a much better world.
But perhaps if you expect to find for a virus you are not asking a question in good faith.
Reducing criminals to psychological and developmental issues relies on the implicit assumption that it's not in human nature to do crime, but there's not much reason to think so - children frequently do things that are "criminal" in spirit, and then are punished for it by parents who want to teach them the rules of the household (and by extension, society).
Yeah, it would be really cool if the human nature was actually good and all we needed to make people good is to reach into their hearts and provide them with love and understanding... But the world simply doesn't work like that. Especially since the definition of good in this context is necessarily a sociological one.