Thread: I don't have much sympathy for this bloke

Just doing a quick search in the web I have found this:

According to the Citizens Commission On Human Rights International (CCHR), between 2004 and 2011, there were 12,755 reports to the U.S. FDA’s MedWatch system of psychiatric drugs causing violent side effects including: 1,231 cases of homicidal ideation/homicide, 2,795 cases of mania and 7,250 cases of aggression. Since the FDA admits that only one to ten percent of all side effects are ever reported to it, the actual occurrence of violent side effects from psychiatric drugs is certainly nine or ten times higher than the official data suggest.

Source:Forbes Unpublishes Commentary on Medication/Violence Link | Mad In America

That's one of the major criticisms of utilitarian/classical criminology.
It doesn't, and can't, explain things like this.
IF the theory worked, our prisons would only have repeat violent offenders in, and other offenders would have tiny rates of recidivism.
Whereas, in NSW prisons alone something like 50% of the people in are there for non-violent offences, also with high rates of substance abuse and mental health issues.