Harper wants to pass tougher sentences for crime (and Layton is flirting with him on this issue). Meanwhile, correctional services are cutting back on guards/parol officers. What good are tougher sentences if there's nobody to enforce them?
On a side note: RDI reported last night that violent crimes have actually decreased over the past 25 years, contrary to Harper's claims. Also, sentences and prisons in the US are a lot tougher than ours, yet their violent crime rate is more than 6 times higher. To me, that solution doesn't seem very effective...
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I read somewhere that putting more police on the streets reduces crime more than building more prisons. But if someone commits a serious crime, they should serve their entire sentence -- unless they've been very good and deserve to leave early.
The system as it stands (and which Harper wants to change) lets everyone go home early -- not just those who deserve it. That doesn't make much sense to me.
handguns for everybody, that'll make them crooks think twice before robbing anybody! What? it worked in the US, didn't it?
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