National 'gets tough on crime'. Again

[Lilith7]

Getting Smart on Crime - pity they aren't smart enough to think along those lines...but their voting public aren't either.

Perhaps we need more education on the causes of crime, & what works to prevent it. Then again the lock 'em up brigade probably aren't interested & only want what they see as simple answers & never mind if they don't work as long as someone is punished.

I think that's part of the problem; wanting some kind of revenge from those who have committed crimes is a natural human thing but we perhaps need to try to see beyond that.