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Originally Posted by Crypts_Of_The_Mind
I think the point of the previous post (the one you responded to here) was to give creedence to Darkness's idea. Darkness earlier was saying how he felt abusers should be made to compensate their victim in the form of paying for their treatment and any complications to their life that the abuse has caused (ie if the person is unable to work, the abuser pays the person an income). If, however, we continue to incarcerate abusers and other offenders, these types of things cannot happen and therefore the abuse victim not only has to deal with the fact that he or she was abused, but all the ramifications it caused in his or her life, as well as the stigma that goes with it. Basically, making the victim...the criminal, while the criminal gets jail. Yea, jail sounds bad...but it is getting to be cushy enough, I know people here where I live talk about how "it's (jail) is better than living here"
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Unfortunately, the legal system (I don't call it the justice system because there isn't any justice to speak of) is still behind in the times and needs to evolve with the rest of the 21st century.
A major problem with society as a whole in most first world countries (with America being one of the worst) is that people put too much of an emphasis on punishing people for misdeeds instead of rehabilitating criminals or helping victims. Instead of locking people up, we should be figuring out what causes criminals, such as abusers, to tick and how to prevent people from becoming abusers or criminals and helping the victims in a practical way; such as my example used earlier in this thread about forcing the abusers to pay for their victims medical and living expenses.
Additionally, we should be focusing on rehabilitating abusers and criminals instead of locking them up. Locking them up accomplishes the exact opposite; especially with how hard it becomes for somebody with a criminal record to find gainful employment, which essentially, forces the vast majority of convicts back into crime.
Anyways, I don't want to turn this thread into a political debate because I hate talking about politics most of the time. However, I felt the need to speak my mind on this topic since it is relevant to this thread and relevant to the world as a whole. Until the system changes, the cycle of abuse will only continue to get worse. I speak from experience when I say that most abusers won't change simply because there is too much work and pain involved in changing so they take the easier way out. I know because I used to be like this myself and if it wasn't for 2 people who showed me compassion, I would most likely be an abuser myself.