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Why Do Conservatives Apologize For The Government?

By Brian Tannebaum, Esq.

I don't know Randall G. Shelden, other than learning he is a criminologist at UNLV, but in searching for a definition of the Conservative philosophy of criminal justice I ran across his thoughts:The conservative view of crime and criminal justice can be summarized very simply. People commit crime because they think they can get away with it, largely because the pleasure they get from committing the crime is greater than the potential pain they would receive if caught and punished. This is, of course, the popular ?deterrence? perspective. From this perspective people refrain from committing crime mostly because of the fear of getting caught and punished. In order to reduce crime, the pain must be increased so that it is greater than the pleasure received from committing the crime...continue to full post

Full post as published by Criminal Defense on November 01, 2009 (boomark / email).