United States, it is often puritanical and usually useless in protecting society. That is also not to say that dangerous people should not be kept away from society. But while they are sequestered from the general public, we need to do what we can to ensure that they do not repeat their mistakes. This is why the author and her colleagues are in the preventative and treatment fields of psychology trying to advance. Social services, juvenile justice, criminal justice, public policy, mental health and addictions treatment, and forensic hospitals need major reform — reform that is based on research and not revenge. A system that does the same old thing and expects different and better results is itself ill. However, with the correct intervention, this cycle can be broken, which creates a safer environment for all of society.