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| Despite Drop in Crime, an Increase in Inmates | |
| 2004-11-08 | |
The number of inmates in state and federal prisons rose 2.1 percent last year, even as violent crime and property crime fell, according to a study by the Justice Department released yesterday.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #7 I feel contempt for the NYT. There. I've said it. Moral degenerates. For each social-political issue of the day, there is a wrong side, and the NYT manages to almost ALWAYS be there. What will it take to sink them? |
| Posted by: Kalle (kafir forever) 2004-11-08 5:29:57 PM |
| #6 the same NYTimes that lectures the "ignoranti" in the red states doesn't get why jailing more criminals for longer times reduces crime...who's stupid? |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-11-08 1:17:00 PM |
| #5 BH : It's officially called Newton's third law... |
| Posted by: BigEd 2004-11-08 1:07:26 PM |
| #4 Effect, meet cause. |
| Posted by: BH 2004-11-08 10:19:45 AM |
| #3 There's a hidden factor, here. The impact of legalized abortion on crime (see URL). Since not just the number of *crimes* is in decline, but the number of *criminals* is also in decline, the "lockup" percentages are actually magnified. http://repositories.cdlib.org/blewp/10/ |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2004-11-08 10:08:01 AM |
| #2 Troll, troll, troll your boat... |
| Posted by: gromky 2004-11-08 8:34:43 AM |
| #1 Oh come on. Only an idiot thinks you could reduce violent crime by locking up violent criminals! |
| Posted by: Lib Earl 2004-11-08 6:55:45 AM |