Wednesday, March 31, 2010

Tough On Crime - FAIL

 So how's that "tough on crime" approach working then?

What this could mean:
  • Maybe tougher sentences just don't work
  • Maybe crime goes up in a recession, regardless of the law and order policies you adopt.
  • This might suggest there is a link between poverty and crime.
  • This might in turn suggest working to alleviate poverty could bear more fruit than futile "get tough" policies.
  • John Key's plan to reduce crime has joined his cycleway, his plan to catch us up to Australia by 2025, and his plan to save the whales.
Don't tell David Garrett. It might be too much for the poor man to cope with.
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  1. Pascal's bookieApril 1, 2010 5:21 AM

    Juduth Collins is a lovely of course, and quite correct when pointing out that it will take time for National policy of criminalising P to show up in the numbers. Inventing Tasers also.

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