“The criminal justice system operates on the principle that individual will is the sole determinant of behavior. If the defendant wants to stay out of jail, avoid a probation violation or make it to the next court date, then he’ll make it happen. This approach seems to suffice, until the gaps in the system prove otherwise.”
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Sept 18, 2019
Op Ed in Smoky Mountain News by Albert Kopak
WCU Criminology