What’s on your mind?
Posted on
March 07, 2008 by
Gideon
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Gov. Rell pushes ahead with her plan to use cameras to ticket speeders despite the bill getting killed in committee.
Parents will have to attend driving classes with their teens.
I have nothing else. Treat this as an open thread if you want.
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This post provides an informative counterpoint to the Pew report on the US prison population.
See: http://www.crimeandconsequences.com/2008/03/crime_and_prison_1.html
I think it’s a chicken or egg thing. Are we becoming more violent as a society and thus need to be locked up more or is it because we are being locked up more that we are becoming more violent?
I don’t think “soft on crime” and “tough on crime” work. What works is being “smart on crime”. Recognizing those that can be rehabilitated and providing the tools to do so. Recognizing the ones that can’t and finding appropriate punishment (and trying anyway).