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Worst part is no one is going to give a [cabbage]

http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=130833741 So lobbyists making bills to their benefit, and getting them there with almost verbatim wording. Ignoring the whole lobbyist thing, their next big market? Damn this infuriates me, they're messing with people's lives so they can make money. I'm not very educated on the subject, but boy do private prisons sound like a horrible idea.

Prove he exists. Also prove that evolution is wrong. Also prove that the earth is 6000 years old. Also prove that we were around at the same time as the dinosaurs. In spite of all the evidence we have that says otherwise. Because death penalty is the only option right?

You're like a Christian who's only remaining argument is, "well you can't disprove god exists with 10000% certainty". Ignoring the fact that the evidence points to nothing BUT the absence of god, and that there isn't any empirical evidence for their claim. And you keep falling onto hypothetical situations and anecdotes. Yet they still keep on believing. Except your argument is more hypocritical Murder is the ultimate evil and a morallly reprehensible crime, unless the state does it on my behalf, then it's all just hunky dory.

It simply isn't accurate or useful anymore. Yes/no questionnaires are pretty bad, a sliding scale of 1 - 5 is much, much better Here, here's the IPIP http://www.personalitytest.net/ipip/ipipneo1.htm

1. They try to take that into account when doing the studies. When you've got an inner city neighborhood that has been having steadily increased criminal activity for years and years, and then you add something preventative (more street lights, cameras, after school programs) and crime immediately decreases drastically and stays low for years after that (with environmental design changes still present), then it's safe to say that it was the preventative measures. Researchers would notice something drastic that would affect their study, like suddenly everyone isn't poor anymore in the neighborhood (lol). You can further collect data by talking to the residents. If your goal is to reduce the amount of inner city kids joining gangs, then implement sports programs and see a drastic reduction in kids joining gangs, then it's fairly obvious what is causing that. After you've ruled out other variables from being responsible for the decrease in crime, you're safe in saying it was your change that reduced it. Speed cameras/traffic cameras are crap, everyone knows they are for the government to make money. The only thing they're good at is reducing the speeds drivers are going RIGHT where the camera is, then speeding up when they get past. I skimmed the link you posted, and one thing I have to say: If the place had an accident in 1998, and 3 in 1999, and 1/2/0 the years before that then: after cameras are installed, and if they were effective (which they aren't no matter what people say - which is that they aren't effective anyway), then the accidents should be 0 for many consecutive years, and NOT return to the general trend. If it returns to the general trend, then not effective. But that's a bad example, speed cameras are EFFICIENT, but they aren't effective (unless you count getting more money effective). You couldn't have found criticisms of actual criminal code violations/crime reductions? ALSO, one of your link's biggest gripes is no comparing to non camera locations. You can easily compare neighborhood crime stats or even city stats, and studies do compare stats like that. Eg. For more to the original point of the topic, studies have compared murder rates of states with capital punishment to those immediately adjacent to them geographically. 2. Two requirements for punishment to be even effective is: A) It needs to be immediate B) It needs to occur after each unwanted action (crime) A) Being charged/convicted with a crime is rarely immediate. Instead of learning not to commit the crime, they learn that they should do X to avoid being caught by police. B) Criminals don't get caught for every crime they commit. Negative consequences don't even mean jack when you think you won't get caught Crime reduction is a visible and measurable thing See first bit of post Do tell us about that psychology and workings of society. I'm also a minor in psychology and taking sociology. I don't see how psychology or sociology has more weight over actual criminal justice studies. What I'm saying is most murders are in the heat of the moment/when drunk/on drugs/etc. People don't murder primarily because it is morally wrong. You still have given 0 evidence for any of your stances or claims, while trying to attack my character (from previous threads even) and my sources because of your lack of.

I'd like to see a break down of the charges people are serving life for.

Same [cabbage], different thread. He's just going to try to dismiss any evidence you bring to him

1. Statistics are very much useful in criminal justice 2. You can measure the effectiveness of preventative programs and crime prevention by seeing a notable decrease in the type of crime and area you are trying to prevent. 3. I used to believe that eye for an eye was awesome, but then I started looking at the EVIDENCE and actually learning about criminal justice. 4. Most murders are not planned and deliberate, so their own self-interest isn't considered. But hey, I guess you know everything and your idea that all murderers are cold blooded and kill intentionally supersedes empirical evidence and backing up from pretty much every scholar in the field. So far you just keep saying that punishment works because ____, or capital punishment works because ______. Care to ever back any of that up, or are you just going to keep on blindly believing your schema about criminals?

Can you PROVE it's effective? No? So then I guess you're the one who firmly believes something silly like murdering people is supposed to keep crime down without even having ANY studies that come even near confirming it. What if I told you I could show studies where murders INCREASED in the month/months immediately following an execution? Would you change your belief or would you think of some other way to avoid bringing up counter evidence and trying your hardest to try to render the study invalid? Are you just going to plug your ears every time some brings you studies like you did last thread, and say "LALALALALALALALAL I CANT HEAR YOUUU". He means that killing the murderer prevents them from committing another crime. WELL NO [cabbage] GENIUS! YOU THINK MAYBE KILLING SOMEONE WILL MAKE THEM NOT BE ABLE TO DO SOMETHING?! I WONDER!

So then prove that capital punishment works. Prove it, we've given you evidence that shows otherwise, now let's see why you say it works. "Well only a small amount of people commit murder" isn't proof. You also assume that people who kill are cold blooded murderers who consciously make the decision to kill and weight the consequences.

IPIP NEO is available for free and is the best personality questionnaire in use

Because it isn't

Another topic with people who know nothing about corrections and criminal justice talking about punishment, joy Love how pro-punishment/eye for an eye/whatever you want to call it people always use the most extreme and rare criminals.

Original Grindhouse Trailer: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c-2BUjj91EU I'M GUNNA SLEEP IN YOUR BLOODY CARCASSES TONIGHT Least he shoots the dirty cops WE'RE ALL DIRTY COPS Reminds me of Bagman http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=egE2Izs6x4g&feature=related

Has anyone posted about soil erosion and desertification yet?

Completely forgot about this, awesome that another Grind House fake trailer is getting made into a movie. If Machete is any indication, this movie will rule hard

What's your opinion on the IPIP NEO? Better I assume? Like Jimmy said, people will answer what they want themselves to be whether they are using a self evaluation or being evaluated by a psychologist. I don't like personality tests because they place people in categories and where there is separation, there is inevitably inequality. IPIP NEO doesn't place people into categories though, and people will be honest. There are people that will be honest, there are people that won't. It's the best we've got right now to measure personality traits. The ideal personality test DOESN'T tell you who you are, it helps you reword it. If a personality test tells you something about yourself you don't already know, something is wrong. One of the reasons personality psychologists gravitated away from the MBTI and the like, is because of what you said. You can't put people into neat little categories. IPIP NEO reflects this

It's one of the flaws in self reports, but usually there's a little information piece before it that says to avoid answering with how you WANT to be perceived, instead of how you actually are

What's your opinion on the IPIP NEO? Better I assume?

Yes, but I think this is supposed to be a fun thread. Psychologists I've talked to have agreed personality is relatively constant once you pass into adulthood.

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Came here to post that. Also, Survive Style 5+ is good if you don't mind subtitles. Leon/The Professional is also excellent Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind has a pretty unique plot too

Not really, humans raise animals in captivity to fulfill whatever need. Also, you'd have to screen the milk for tons of health hazards, but that said, it looks like Canada, USA, and Australia have milk banks. Probably way cheaper to just milk cows too

We do when we're babies. Also, because women don't lactate all the time, and it would be really weird to have buildings devoted to milking women...