Galsworthy Criminal Justice Reform Program

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Our Misguided Assumptions About Crime and Punishment

“We would be enraged and filing class action malpractice suits if the medical community operated hospital emergency departments like we administer criminal justice.  Imagine walking into an emergency room where everyone got the same, uninformed diagnosis, and in turn the same treatment.  A reasonable person would expert poor outcomes from such policies. That is precisely what we get in the criminal justice system, with tremendous social and financial cost.“

Psychology Today

September 11, 2018