Overcriminalization significantly undermines human flourishing and social well-being by harming the family, social networks, and social citizenship. Additionally, it prevents capable men and women from utilizing their creative capacities in the marketplace. This creates vast issues involving relations with family while incarcerated and reintegration into society after release. On the economic side, draconian cash bail systems undermine justice through basing someone's ability to attain pre-trial release upon their wealth, not their actual threat to society.
"Police know what to do when dealing with serious mental illness — the NYPD receives over 165,000 calls for emotionally disturbed persons annually. More than 8,000 NYPD officers have also gone through Crisis Intervention Team training, which teaches how to de-escalate situations involving EDPs. But law enforcement alone can’t solve this problem."
New York Post
August 14, 2018
Read More"Entrepreneurial youngsters across the country have been starting their own businesses selling water, mowing lawns and the old classic, operating lemonade stands. And the adults around them? They’re calling the cops."
New York Post
July 8, 2018
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