[Omah]

Originally Posted by Jack_

No, if a criminal has committed a crime for whatever reason, and when released they attempt and want to acquire a job and begin building their life back up, they find it extremely difficult due to the 'criminal' label they've been given. That's all people see them as and people like you refuse to give them a second chance, excluding them and as I said, making them join a minority social group. Once they realise that a 'criminal' is all they are seen as, they start to believe it and live up to it, and so commit more crimes, and the cycle continues. Not always, but often.

IMO, that is a naive perspective - in my experience, having been the victim of several crimes and being the friend of many other victims of (frequently violent) crimes, most criminals are mindless thugs with no sense of morality or obligation - so-called "second chances" are so much wasted time and money .....