>>>>It sounds appealing but has at times been an illustration of the law of unintended consequences. It needs to be tweaked so the third strike specifies serious crimes, not relatively minor ones like stealing videos (as happened in one notorious case).
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>>>Yeah, I did think that was one of the flaws with the law - bit too draconian with minor offences. But it does serve to give cops leverage to get the weak-willed, sniveling 2nd-3rd striking petty criminal to rat his accomplices out, to avoid the consequences, in the US cop shows :-)
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>>>What I meant more is that you have hardened criminals who keep going back for the same offences, such as repeated burglary, assault, et al
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>>That's because they come out of prison with a better education in how to perform these activities, along with a few more
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>From the other hardened criminals?

Yup


After all, where did YOU learn about all the really good stuff? Certainly wasn't in school. You learned it from your friends or from the groups you hung out with. Who are these people 'hanging out' with? Other criminals. And since people tend to talk about what they know, what are they talking about?