2007-06-11 10:09:01 · 10 answers · asked by Anonymous in Politics & Government ➔ Law & Ethics
Thanks, this is for my criminal justice class, I believe it can be unlearned, except for the few cases like psycological, maybe sociological. I'm just getting different opinions to help me explain my answer.
2007-06-11 10:36:53 · update #1
If they choose to yes. In Sociopathic personalities no, something in their brain cannt determine right from wrong, cannot feel remorse.
2007-06-11 10:19:07 · answer #1 · answered by ShadowCat 6 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. Learning something requires discipline and about 30% of the prison population doesn't have it. Supposedly 10% of the population is mentally ill and 10% may be innocent and wrongly convicted (that percentage could be higher in other countries). That leaves 50% of the population that commited a crime and isn't sent back. That could be because some are serving lengthy sentences and aren't to commit more crimes. That leaves less than a 50% sucess rate in rehabilitation and even then some maybe committing more crimes but not getting caught.
Punishment also doesn't work. Most people that commit a crime either don't think they will get caught or believe they will be better off if they were.
2007-06-11 10:21:36 · answer #2 · answered by gregory_dittman 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
No. If it could then prisons wouldn't be filled with so many repeat offenders. Prison is a waste of time and money if you think about. States spend millions to keep certain people locked up, and yet those in prison are still able to run thier gangs and criminal enterprises from behind bars.
Not to mention the number of inmate on inmate crimes that occur as well as the drug taffiking, and assaults on gaurds.
2007-06-11 11:49:06 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes but it takes a very long time. I believe in the death penalty for all murderers, mass murder conspirators and all child molesters. They don't deserve to be given the time needed to unlearn their behaviour.
2007-06-11 10:14:13 · answer #4 · answered by Open your eyes 4 · 1⤊ 1⤋
Sometimes, if the person committed a crime later in life, he can learn his lesson.
But if a 13 year old has been on the streets for years, then the criminal culture is all he knows.
2007-06-11 10:26:19 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Perhaps if not pedophile..Sociopathic predatory behaviour like Clintons apparently never unlearned either ...BC did it in England, Arkansas, and in DC and is still doing it asfar as we know.
2007-06-11 10:17:00 · answer #6 · answered by acct10132002 4 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Only after great pain and suffering.
Once a person is an adult, their ability to learn ethical behavior is very low, and usually requires painful lessons (very painful) to make it worth it, and even then, if conditions change, they will revert.
2007-06-11 10:15:30 · answer #7 · answered by mckenziecalhoun 7 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Yes, according to Democrats.
Democrats are against the death penalty.
Democrats believe that murderers, child killers, and serial-rapists, can all be "Cured" by giving them "Sensitivity Classes", and "Big Democrat Group Hugs".
That way, our prisons could all be shut down.
2007-06-11 10:12:38 · answer #8 · answered by wolf 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
It's easier to learn it than to unlearn it, but it can be done.
2007-06-11 10:17:33 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋
Crime is not a behavior, its a decision.
Its only a mater of good or bad.
2007-06-11 10:50:16 · answer #10 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 1⤋