Even his prose is anachronistic earnest, free of jargon, lucid. If all this were not antiquated enough, Currie also evidently assumes that rational argument based on scientific knowledge i.e., reason and facts can change social policy. He even goes so far as to accept the hopelessly outdated idea that widespread poverty is the main cause of violent crime. He clings to the old fashioned notion that we should concentrate more on the prevention of crime. Elliott Currie does not believe that we need to build more and more prisons, impose longer sentences, make prisons as harsh as possible, eliminate educational opportunities for prisoners, reinstitute chain gangs, treat juvenile offenders as adults, and divert still more funds from social services to penal institutions. Share: Share on Twitter Share on Facebook Share on G+ Share with email
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