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And mild discrimination can have a large effect on some, creating the scenario of their withdrawal, which can become an ever increasing circle of cause and effect.I don't claim to, I have. Fact, not assertion. I will however say not to any great extent.
So he, and his victims were considered less important than the cost of such care?This mental health bandwagon thing is getting out of control. Are there folk out there with serious mental health issues? Yes, of course. Should they be helped? Yes, of course. Should they be in secure units and not in the community if deemed a possible risk to others? Yes, of course, however much of that was scrapped under care in the community, which is a dangerous policy in some cases.
Maybe prison wasn't the right place for him, but given the comment above, maybe it was the cheaper option.As for the 9 years sentence and serving 4.5, what a complete farce of a sentence. But then what do we expect when, increasingly, the sentences that are dished out are pathetically short.
If society creates such people, and doesn't take into account the result of such people walking around, what does society expect?
In the animal kingdom, such anomalies would be killed or excluded.
But we're not animals, we take care of our sick, injured, and incapable people. Or so we claim.