Yes, determining what to do is much more complicated and social norms will have to be addressed as well as scholarship that from my vantage point (see also, deterrence and the death penalty) only takes us so far and needs to be fine tuned. The ostrich approach won't do. Also, murder rates as a whole have gone done significantly while "rampage violence" has seemed to go up. I say "seem" since even that has been challenged. It is all very hazy.
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Sunday, December 16, 2012
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Yes, determining what to do is much more complicated and social norms will have to be addressed as well as scholarship that from my vantage point (see also, deterrence and the death penalty) only takes us so far and needs to be fine tuned. The ostrich approach won't do. Also, murder rates as a whole have gone done significantly while "rampage violence" has seemed to go up. I say "seem" since even that has been challenged. It is all very hazy.
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