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Fighting crime is not that much of a discussion topic in the "other civilized nations", because it is not as big a problem there. The US debate about crime migh
by legulere 10y ago
Fighting crime is not that much of a discussion topic in the "other civilized nations", because it is not as big a problem there. The US debate about crime might even be counter-productive as it bars the option to do things that have been shown to work (rehabilitation instead of punishment, reduction of poverty/inequality)
- pc86 10y agoThat's simply not true - there are a lot of people talking about rehabilitation over retribution and the role of poverty and inequality in crime. It's not barred by any means.
- legulere 10y agoAlso in e.g. Europe if you ask people how to better prevent crime many people probably would say to be tougher on criminals. The difference I guess is that crime is not really an issue often discussed in regards to politics.