The Truth About Crime

Science today has made breakthroughs in its knowledge and understanding of human behavior. On the subject of crime, we have course material in the sciences of psychology, psychopathology, sociology, criminology, environmentalism, and soci-political studies. In every single one of these sciences there is a general consensus that most of our street crime today that occurs in poverty-blighted urban and rural areas stems from unsustainable development practices created by policies that marginalize people. 

It is common knowledge today in the scientific community that both drug-related nonviolent crime and violent crime is a systemic problem and an epidemic that has become a problem for humanity. However, for systemic reasons, American public officials have downplayed the role of community as a solution to our social problems and has touted get-tough-on-crime policies that put our citizens in cages like these instead of community care facilities you see below that would seek to listen, diagnose, treat, and return people to society as useful, law-abiding citizens. For that matter, and if you had the choice of prison or community reinvestment to solve our social problems, which would you choose?

A Norwegian prison cell

A prison cell at Angola