Wrongful Conviction, with Jason Flom
Stuff They Don't Want You To Know
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The Cognitive Dissonance in Society
"I say it again and again, what causes crime, by and large, is desperation," he says. "When people become desperate enough, they're likely to try to do something because they have nothing" If there's no way out for them except to see, you know, to do something that's illegal, maybe even that's hurtful to other people, then that's what they may well do,. But if you provide them with hope, and we know programs that work, there are lots of programs that work."
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