Getting tough on crime

Canada is getting tough on crime boom ch, da boom boom ch And sluggo says it’s a waste of time

Many studies across the globe have shown that extending minimum sentences for crimes such as gun offenses does nothing to deter or reduce the crimes. Apparently the overriding philosophy of the people that contemplate such crimes is that they don’t actually think they will get caught. More info can be found here.

To truly combat crime, strategies such as the following may be more effective: 1. combat illegal importation of firearms 2. de-glamourization of owning and using firearms in high-risk youth 3. social programs to help root causes of firearm crimes.

Again, studies and imperical evidence shows that increasing manditory sentences increases incarceration and prison costs while doing nothing to actually deter the crime.

Unfortunately all the federal leaders are jumping on the “stiff sentence” stance. The Conservatives know that this will strike a chord with the voters and the Liberals and NDP figure they need to copy the Conservatives just to stay in the race. Hell, even the Liberal Justice Minister, Iwrin Cotler, is on record affirming what I’ve stated above about minimum sentences yet they are jumping on the bandwagon.