http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/the_costs_of_crime.html
March 11, 2008
The Costs of Crime
By Thomas Sowell
"In Britain, the total cost of the prison system per year was found to be 1.9 billion pounds sterling, while the financial cost alone of the crimes committed per year by criminals was estimated at 60 billion pounds sterling.
The big difference between the two kinds of costs is not just in their amounts. The cost of locking up criminals has to be paid out of government budgets that politicians would prefer to spend on giveaway programs that are more likely to get them re-elected. But the far higher costs of letting criminals loose is paid by the general public in both money and in being subjected to violence.
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"A study of the treatment of criminals in Britain -- "A Land Fit for Criminals" by David Fraser -- has several chapters on the games that are played with statistics, in order to make "alternatives to incarceration" programs look successful, even when they are failing abysmally, with tragic results for the public.
Britain has gone much further down the road that the New York Times is urging us to follow. In the process, Britain has gone from being one of the most law-abiding nations on earth to overtaking the United States in most categories of crime.
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Originally posted by zeeblebotOnce again, Sowell hits a home run!
http://www.realclearpolitics.com/articles/2008/03/the_costs_of_crime.html
March 11, 2008
The Costs of Crime
By Thomas Sowell
"In Britain, the total cost of the prison system per year was found to be 1.9 billion pounds sterling, while the financial cost alone of the crimes committed per year by criminals was estimated at 60 billion pounds sterling. ...[text shortened]... inals loose is paid by the general public in both money and in being subjected to violence.
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Originally posted by zeeblebotThe socialist administration described as a government in Britain has lost the battle against crime which has been on the increase ever since NuLabour was elected by a misguided public in 1997.
"A study of the treatment of criminals in Britain -- "A Land Fit for Criminals" by David Fraser -- has several chapters on the games that are played with statistics, in order to make "alternatives to incarceration" programs look successful, even when they are failing abysmally, with tragic results for the public.
Britain has gone much further down the r ...[text shortened]... w-abiding nations on earth to overtaking the United States in most categories of crime.
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Con victed criminals are being let out of prison early, often with fatal consequenses, because there not enough prison places to contain newly sentenced criminals, and judges have recently been 'advised' not to send drug addicts who commit burglary, even against vunerable citizens, to prison.
What an appalling indictment of socialism!