Bad Incentives

The impossibility of criminal justice reform

Peter Bagge | From the January 2019 issue

(Peter Bagge)

This article originally appeared in print under the headline "Bad Incentives."

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This is a great Christmas gift. I love Peter Bagge. Met him at ECC this year and have been rereading g Hate. Pay him more, Reason.
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chemjeff radical individualist 8 years ago

Like the comic. He makes a lot of good points. Especially when it comes to the tribal nature of the whole thing.
creech 8 years ago

Starve the beast? Other than a Libertarian who might pull 2% of the vote, what politician wants to proudly declare he is "soft on crime?" Justice reform is going to take many decades of candidates who want to say and do what is right while accepting they won't win (or be re-elected) office.
1. Brandybuck 8 years ago
  
  You can be tough on crime while not being for bullshit laws. Tough on murder, tough on theft, tough on institutionalized corruption, tough on rape, etc. A politicians does NOT need to promise to stick it to the underdog to be tough on crime.
Mongo 8 years ago

What happens if I read about the latest cop incident in my comfy chair, sip a glass of wine, and get back to reading Little Annie Fanny comics?
1. Eddy 8 years ago
  
  That depends, are those comics legal?

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