On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 18:19:54 -0700, Larry Jaques
wrote:
On Mon, 22 Oct 2007 20:34:30 -0400, with neither quill nor qualm, "Ed
Huntress" quickly quoth:
"Gunner Asch" wrote in message
A dead perp has a zero recidivism rate.
The trouble is that Dallas has thousands ready to fill their shoes. You can
shoot some more, and you will have no measurable effect.
If ten or twelve a day ended up dead, the rest would get the hint
sooner, plus there would be a dozen fewer perps every day. That's
gotta count for something. 
* Thirty-seven percent of jail inmates were convicted on a
new charge; 18% were convicted on prior charges following revocation
of probation or parole; 16% were both convicted of a prior charge and
awaiting trial on a new charge; and 28% were unconvicted.
Criminal History
* Fifty-three percent of jail inmates were on probation,
parole or pretrial release at the time of arrest.
* Four in 10 jail inmates had a current or past sentence for a
violent offense.
* Thirty-nine percent of jail inmates in 2002 had served 3 or
more prior sentences to incarceration or probation, down from 44% in
1996.
Recidivism
* Of the 272,111 persons released from prisons in 15 States in
1994, an estimated 67.5% were rearrested for a felony or serious
misdemeanor within 3 years, 46.9% were reconvicted, and 25.4%
resentenced to prison for a new crime.
* The 272,111 offenders discharged in 1994 accounted for nearly
4,877,000 arrest charges over their recorded careers.
* Within 3 years of release, 2.5% of released rapists were
rearrested for another rape, and 1.2% of those who had served time for
homicide were arrested for a new homicide.
* Sex offenders were less likely than non-sex offenders to be
rearrested for any offense –– 43 percent of sex offenders versus 68
percent of non-sex offenders.
* Sex offenders were about four times more likely than non-sex
offenders to be arrested for another sex crime after their discharge
from prison –– 5.3 percent of sex offenders versus 1.3 percent of
non-sex offenders.
Career Criminals....
Gunner