BCS BS
Excellent post by Ross over on Unenlightened Commentary here on the profound flaws that lie (and boy do they lie) at the heart of the British Crime Survey that the government has been waving about for the past few days. Ross also points out that technological advances in recent years have led to a consequential reduction in such crimes as car and phone theft. There is a final point: might it be that because we lock up so many criminals that this rather reduces their ability to commit crime? Just a thought....more prisons, tougher sentences, less tolerance, less crime. It's simple.
David Vance
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In the US there was a steadily rising rate of violent crime, with a surge in the early '90s. Toughter sentencing brought the rise to a halt and send the rate downward. A big part of the reduction was that violent criminals were behind bars, unable to prey on the public.
About 12-15 years later, as they started to be released, violent crime started to rise again.
It's a no brainer isn't it ?
This is why I hate the whole "root causes" arguement. It's an excuse to coddle violent felons by blaming the fact that they grew up in the most equitable, opportunistic society in history.
in Philly there are roughly 1.5 million people, they estimate that 90% of the crime is done by the same 5000 people. over and over