Macallair attributes that phenomenon, which he described as unprecedented, to the increasing numbers of entry-level, service jobs that typically attract people in their teens and 20s. It is a system in need of reform, Solomon and Nolan argue. Dumping them on the street is an immoral act. Americans need to look at crime differently, Solomon contends. The U.S. system is based on English common law, which viewed crime as an offense against the state.
Crime is against people.
When we see it as against persons we can set up a system to bring restitution and restoration. When it comes to justice, Solomon insists, Americans are asking the wrong question when they advocate a system that attempts to determine the amount of pain inflicted so the criminal suffers a similar measure. Rather, he says, they should ask what it would take to restore peace to the community, tranquility to the victim, and the offender to the community. It would keep the victim in the process so they would not feel abused and unfulfilled. They would get to know about this person and may have mediation between the victim and offender where the offender sees what they did to this person.