FranzOren wrote:
It could be that there there are two types of crimes, one is meant to be harmless and the other is meant to be harmful.
I did a research that sometimes, in some people with ASD, restricted interests can turn into criminal behaviors, but it was meant to be harmless, because they are so fixated on objects that they are interested in and the other is due to not understanding social boundaries.
I think different types of crimes need to be locked at, because some crimes are meant to be harmless, but most of crimes are not meant to be harmless.
Definitely, bus-guy isn't stealing the bus to harm anyone and might not even fully understand the potential for harm except for as it's being explained to him. Obviously he can't just be allowed to keep doing it, but it deserves to be understood and addressed differently from someone who fully understands the risks associated with the same behaviour.
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