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It’s not an elaborate one yet. I haven’t written on violence yet. I’d say prosecute crimes—which SF doesn’t do—and target recidivists. More than a handful of crimes, and it looks like you’re very likely to commit many more. The separation from society should be commensurate.

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Thank you for the sincere reply.

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I often think back to this thing I read once: https://www.elysian.press/p/dont-send-addicts-to-prison

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Maybe. Scott Alexander recently wrote about crime and says usually reinsertion doesn’t work

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Sure, but not all crimes are the same. Zero tolerance smacks of the war on drugs, which to me is silly, but I guess you're talking more about murder and theft...?

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