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doctorwhy88 t1_iu8uwf2 wrote

Reply to comment by mctrials23 in UK police fail to meet 'legal and ethical standards' in use of facial recognition by Gari_305

It does, because aggressive policing without addressing the other social problems reinforces those problems.

And, how many of those “crimes” are nonviolent drug crimes? As a follow-up, does locking someone up for those crimes and giving them a criminal record increase or decrease their likelihood to reoffend?

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mctrials23 t1_iu8w0ah wrote

Well this is the issue. It’s not that simple. Being soft on drug sellers and users makes a community worse. Ignoring crime because it’s committed by a certain group doesn’t remove that crime. A multi faceted approach is needed but you can’t ignore soft crime as that brings a whole community down and is linked to harder crimes.

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doctorwhy88 t1_iu9nn4n wrote

So instead, we’ll increase crime through policing efforts.

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