Listen "Career Criminals, Superpredators, and What Everyone Gets Wrong About Crime"
Episode Synopsis
This video essay discusses the Delinquency in a Birth Cohort study(ies) which looked into the causes of recidivism. This essay looks to understand why the causes of recidivism are so important to understand, how that understanding helps us to understand crime as a whole, and why the study(ies) show that our fundamental understanding of crime is flawed. And how does that flaw lead to increased crime.
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References for this video:
Delinquency in a Birth Cohort Wolfgang, Marvin E. https://search.worldcat.org/title/1200289388
THE COMING OF THE SUPER — PREDATORS, John DiLulio https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/1558817/the-coming-of-the-super-predators/
What Really Lowers Crime - Nevada Department of Sentencing Policy
https://sentencing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/sentencingnvgov/content/Meetings/2022/08.24.22%20NSC%20Mtg.%20Agenda%20Item%208%20PFJ%20What%20Really%20Lowers%20Crime.pdf
A Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice - Brookings Institute https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-better-path-forward-for-criminal-justice/
Cumulative Prevalence of Arrest From Ages 8 to 23 in a National Sample, January 11 2012
James P. Smith
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/129/1/21/31558/Cumulative-Prevalence-of-Arrest-From-Ages-8-to-23?redirectedFrom=fulltex
Prison Reform: Reducing Recidivism by Strengthening the Federal Bureau of Prisons
https://www.justice.gov/archives/prison-reform
Clips at the end of the video:
Scott Budnick - Reducing Recidivism through Connection and Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9slBJaSka4g
Preventing Recidivism Through Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rK3x1jD4Nk
Criminal Justice Reform https://www.c-span.org/video/?433121-1/criminal-justice-reform
Prison: hot to break the cycle of reoffending? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBUSzXvMWCk
Criminology: The Core 5th Edition by Larry J. Siegel https://www.amazon.com/Criminology-Core-Larry-J-Siegel/dp/1285068904
00:00 - Who talks about career criminals, repeat offenders, and superpredators
00:09 - Why do we need to talk about chronic offenders?
01:01 - Introduction to Delinquency in Birth Cohort
01:29 - The Study
01:38 - What is a "cohort"?
02:33 - What is the etiology of crime?
03:24 - What the birth cohort actually studied
03:55 - The Question
04:00 - Why is studying recidivism so important
04:29 - Rainforest's fantasy of a world that understands recidivism
05:24 - Tough on Crime
06:05 - The Findings
06:11 - What the birth cohort study actually discovered about recidivism
07:23 - Was this just one study?
08:36 - Superpredators
09:05 - Who is John DiLulio and where did the phrase "superpredators" come from?
10:23 - Moral Poverty and The Crime Bill
12:10 - The Crime Bill and Mass Incarceration
12:36 - What Everyone REALLY Gets Wrong
12:41 - Should we punish MORE people?
13:58 - Punishment causes crime
15:56 - Oh, So Now I CAN'T Burn Witches
16:28 - What helps, what doesn't, and who to vote for
21:38 - Thank you, suggestions, and outro
Recommended shows:
Some More News: https://www.youtube.com/@UCvlj0IzjSnNoduQF0l3VGng
Skip Intro: https://www.youtube.com/@UCKUm503onGg3NatpBtTWHkQ
Münecat: https://www.youtube.com/munecat
HBomberguy: https://www.youtube.com/@UClt01z1wHHT7c5lKcU8pxRQ
Zoe Bee: https://www.youtube.com/@UCecF2icZlEIJ__9XS6woPGw
Folding Ideas: https://www.youtube.com/@@UCyNtlmLB73-7gtlBz00XOQQ
Also forgot to mention:
Second Thought: https://www.youtube.com/@UCJm2TgUqtK1_NLBrjNQ1P-w
Innuendo Studios: https://www.youtube.com/@UC5fdssPqmmGhkhsJi4VcckA
Support The Shakedown at: https://www.patreon.com/TheShakedown
More about The Shakedown at: https://shakedown.show
Find Shakedown merch and support us at: https://wayword.press
The Shakedown on IG, Threads, FB, BlueSky, or TikTok: @gettheshakedown
Rainforest on IG: @lorax4life
References for this video:
Delinquency in a Birth Cohort Wolfgang, Marvin E. https://search.worldcat.org/title/1200289388
THE COMING OF THE SUPER — PREDATORS, John DiLulio https://www.washingtonexaminer.com/magazine/1558817/the-coming-of-the-super-predators/
What Really Lowers Crime - Nevada Department of Sentencing Policy
https://sentencing.nv.gov/uploadedFiles/sentencingnvgov/content/Meetings/2022/08.24.22%20NSC%20Mtg.%20Agenda%20Item%208%20PFJ%20What%20Really%20Lowers%20Crime.pdf
A Better Path Forward for Criminal Justice - Brookings Institute https://www.brookings.edu/articles/a-better-path-forward-for-criminal-justice/
Cumulative Prevalence of Arrest From Ages 8 to 23 in a National Sample, January 11 2012
James P. Smith
https://publications.aap.org/pediatrics/article-abstract/129/1/21/31558/Cumulative-Prevalence-of-Arrest-From-Ages-8-to-23?redirectedFrom=fulltex
Prison Reform: Reducing Recidivism by Strengthening the Federal Bureau of Prisons
https://www.justice.gov/archives/prison-reform
Clips at the end of the video:
Scott Budnick - Reducing Recidivism through Connection and Community https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9slBJaSka4g
Preventing Recidivism Through Education https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2rK3x1jD4Nk
Criminal Justice Reform https://www.c-span.org/video/?433121-1/criminal-justice-reform
Prison: hot to break the cycle of reoffending? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JBUSzXvMWCk
Criminology: The Core 5th Edition by Larry J. Siegel https://www.amazon.com/Criminology-Core-Larry-J-Siegel/dp/1285068904
00:00 - Who talks about career criminals, repeat offenders, and superpredators
00:09 - Why do we need to talk about chronic offenders?
01:01 - Introduction to Delinquency in Birth Cohort
01:29 - The Study
01:38 - What is a "cohort"?
02:33 - What is the etiology of crime?
03:24 - What the birth cohort actually studied
03:55 - The Question
04:00 - Why is studying recidivism so important
04:29 - Rainforest's fantasy of a world that understands recidivism
05:24 - Tough on Crime
06:05 - The Findings
06:11 - What the birth cohort study actually discovered about recidivism
07:23 - Was this just one study?
08:36 - Superpredators
09:05 - Who is John DiLulio and where did the phrase "superpredators" come from?
10:23 - Moral Poverty and The Crime Bill
12:10 - The Crime Bill and Mass Incarceration
12:36 - What Everyone REALLY Gets Wrong
12:41 - Should we punish MORE people?
13:58 - Punishment causes crime
15:56 - Oh, So Now I CAN'T Burn Witches
16:28 - What helps, what doesn't, and who to vote for
21:38 - Thank you, suggestions, and outro
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