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Re:Peak Millennial? Cities Can’t Assume a Continued Boost fr... by legulere on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @11:56AM (#13473072)
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)
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Re:Peak Millennial? Cities Can’t Assume a Continued Boost fr... by pc86 on Tuesday January 24, 2017 @01:03PM (#13473800)
That'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.
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Re:Peak Millennial? Cities Can’t Assume a Continued Boost fr... by legulere on Wednesday January 25, 2017 @03:04AM (#13479635)
Also 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.
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