[spectramax]

Lot of discussion around here is knee jerk and not nuanced. Criminal law is complex and there are areas where it should be reformed and other areas where we need better enforcement.

We've seen the criminal justice reform as they have instituted in San Francisco city: https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=27216343

[crawfordcomeaux]

Punishment has been shown to be ineffective and ignorant of ancestral/intergenerational trauma being passed epigenetically. This is a way we're societally creating trauma and poisoning our gene pool. It's literally suicidal, from a long-term perspective.

[rsj_hn]

You understand that you are literally pushing a form of Lysenkoism, right? There is no such thing as trauma being passed down epigenetically.

[josephcsible]

> ancestral/intergenerational trauma being passed epigenetically

Can you cite any sources for this?

[vlovich123]

That’s an interesting conclusion to draw. Aren’t the SF DA and SF police in active conflict, with police refusing to respond to lots of issues in protest of the reforms and change in priorities of the DA’s office that they disagree with?

[rsj_hn]

> Aren’t the SF DA and SF police in active conflict, with police refusing to respond to lots of issues in protest of the reforms and change in priorities of the DA’s office that they disagree with?

No. The DA has made it clear that he will not prosecute these cases, period. Trying to change the subject to "well, don't the police disagree with the no-prosecute policy? And due to this disagreement are they not creating the crimes?" is not a logical response to the situation.

The crimes are increasing because the perps know they wont get prosecuted. How the police feel about it is not a factor.