Sheriff Joe Is At It Again!

[BigBear]

You think we could get Joe to run for president?

YES! That would be great...

[blackford76]

We need to organize a nationwide 'write in'.

[ChunkyMonkey]

He is 77

[hurley842002]

We need to organize a nationwide 'write in'.

count me IN!

[ronaldrwl]

Go Joe!

[SA Friday]

I'm not so sure you want someone as versed in running things like a prison as President. There are many things to be learned from how he runs his jail when it comes to the academics of total institutions, but this is hardly the background you want leading the country.

Also, keep in mind, his jail is a jail and not a prison. I don't believe the amount of freedom he alots to the inmates would work in a prison with long term, higher end violent offenders. Then again at the lower levels of offenders, getting them to break the recidivism (awesome, and very correct word TFOGGER) is something studied and debated continuously. There are over 2 million inmates in this country, the vast majority in low and medium security prisons and jails. That's a lot of money. The average cost of an inmate for a year is $14,500.

[Beprepared]

My friend in Phoenix loves him. Apparently every Mothers Day he picks up all the dead beat dads that owe back child support. Maybe some of you former Arizonians can confirm this.

[Hoosier]

FWIW, Maricopa County's recidivism rate is less than half of the national average....

Citation Needed

I say that because I wikipedia'd the guy and found, "In 1998, Arpaio commissioned a study, by Arizona State University criminal justice professor Marie L. Griffin, to examine recidivism rates based on conditions of confinement. Comparing recidivism rates under Arpaio to those under his predecessor, the study found "there was no significant difference in recidivism observed between those offenders released in 1989-1990 and those released in 1994-1995."[63]"

[DocMedic]

Citation Needed

I say that because I wikipedia'd the guy..

Are you really using Wiki as a viable source? I would be stoned by my professors if I ever did that lol.

[SA Friday]

Citation Needed

I say that because I wikipedia'd the guy and found, "In 1998, Arpaio commissioned a study, by Arizona State University criminal justice professor Marie L. Griffin, to examine recidivism rates based on conditions of confinement. Comparing recidivism rates under Arpaio to those under his predecessor, the study found "there was no significant difference in recidivism observed between those offenders released in 1989-1990 and those released in 1994-1995."[63]"

Those are some fairly old dates in comparison to how long he's been running the jail there. I'm wondering if there isn't another study possibly. Wiki is good to point you in a direction, but there are a lot of errors in it. Recidivism is debated by all the Crim Justice/Sociologist scholars. The study and understanding of confinement facilities and total institutions is a fairly new arena to study in depth. It's only been seriously studied for about a 100 years now, and the quantifiability of results as relative to qualitative parameters is still being argued. Basically, from what was discussed in my Crim Justice classes, they just don't know if recidivism is relevant, and if it is, what is it relevant to and how much could be construed as relevant. One of the issues as to measurement is do you stastically compare one period of time in a jail against another time period, or should you compare one climate (including geographical location) against another disassociated climate? Also, just how many inmates can be expected to respond to the different climates. I think they all agree a certain amount of inmates are not going to respond (change their ways and become law abiding citizens) to any climate, but just how many? What's the base line of expected unchangable inmates? Bla bla bla... it goes on and on...