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The 6 Most Popular Crime Fighting Tactics (That Don't Work)
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[quote:Nostril Domus:MV8xOTMzODQ2XzI0RDM5RTg5] Some of this is common sense, but the racist drug sniffing dogs i have never heard of.. It's hard for people to think rationally about crime. If five children die in a tornado, it's barely a headline, but if those same five kids die at the hand of a serial killer, it's a nationwide crisis, and mothers start attaching tracking devices to their daughters. When death comes at the hands of a fellow human being, the panic and rage get cranked up to 10. So it's hard to talk people out of laws that sound like they're tough on crime, because damn it, those criminals have to pay, and the people arguing on the other side are probably just a bunch of bleeding hearts anyway. Who cares if the statistics say ... Read more: The 6 Most Popular Crime Fighting Tactics (That Don't Work) | Cracked.com http://www.cracked.com/article_19937_the-6-most-popular-crime-fighting-tactics-that-dont-work.html#ixzz21Z7wIqyG [/quote]
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Some of this is common sense, but the racist drug sniffing dogs i have never heard of..
It's hard for people to think rationally about crime. If five children die in a tornado, it's barely a headline, but if those same five kids die at the hand of a serial killer, it's a nationwide crisis, and mothers start attaching tracking devices to their daughters. When death comes at the hands of a fellow human being, the panic and rage get cranked up to 10.
So it's hard to talk people out of laws that sound like they're tough on crime, because damn it, those criminals have to pay, and the people arguing on the other side are probably just a bunch of bleeding hearts anyway. Who cares if the statistics say ...
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