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damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 07:50 PM Jun 2014

CONSERVATIVE AGENDAS AND CAMPAIGNS: THE RISE OF THE MODERN “TOUGH ON CRIME” MOVEMENT

The “tough on crime” movement refers to a set of policies that emphasize punishment as a pri-
mary, and often sole, response to crime. Mandatory sentencing, Three strikes, truth-in-sentencing,
quality of life policing, zero tolerance, and various other proposals that result in longer and
harsher penalties and the elimination of rehabilitation and other programs are all contemporary
examples of “tough on crime” policies.
The effects of these policies are alarming. Local, state and federal governments have all adopted
and implemented these policies resulting in enormous increases in drug arrests, more punitive
sentencing proposals, resurgence of the death penalty, departure from juvenile
justice systems, and increased racial profiling and community surveillance. While
proponents claim these policies are race-neutral, poor people and people of
color are overwhelmingly affected and ensnared by the criminal justice system.

In the following article, scholars Katherine Beckett and Theodore Sasson argue
“that conservative politicians have worked for decades to alter popular percep-
tions of crime, delinquency, addiction, and poverty, and to promote policies
that involve ‘getting tough’ and ‘cracking down.’”

http://publiceye.org/defendingjustice/pdfs/chapters/toughcrime.pdf

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CONSERVATIVE AGENDAS AND CAMPAIGNS: THE RISE OF THE MODERN “TOUGH ON CRIME” MOVEMENT (Original Post) damnedifIknow Jun 2014 OP
They need to start in the GOP, probably would decrease their numbers Thinkingabout Jun 2014 #1
Everything conservatives do turns to crap damnedifIknow Jun 2014 #3
And then compare 'tough on crime' to affluenza with the rich and connected getting off ck4829 Jun 2014 #2
My opinion damnedifIknow Jun 2014 #7
Like the Biden Crime Bill? wyldwolf Jun 2014 #4
Like Bill Clinton going back to Arkansas mid-campaign... Spider Jerusalem Jun 2014 #5
Nixon unleashed the snowball from hell damnedifIknow Jun 2014 #6

damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
3. Everything conservatives do turns to crap
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:35 PM
Jun 2014

Instead of going along with them we should be doing the total opposite.

ck4829

(34,974 posts)
2. And then compare 'tough on crime' to affluenza with the rich and connected getting off
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:01 PM
Jun 2014

Justice is no longer 'blind', but it has had an eye plucked out when people make it so that it sees only what they want it to see.

damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
7. My opinion
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 09:49 PM
Jun 2014

is that what we are experiencing today regarding crime and punishment is a result of early planning by some conservative think tank that finally had the chance to fully implement when Bush was selected. Maybe I'm off base but that's my opinion.

 

Spider Jerusalem

(21,786 posts)
5. Like Bill Clinton going back to Arkansas mid-campaign...
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:51 PM
Jun 2014

to sign the death warrant of a brain-damaged and functionally retarded man who lacked the capacity to understand what was happening to him, to show what big crimefighting balls he had?

damnedifIknow

(3,183 posts)
6. Nixon unleashed the snowball from hell
Sun Jun 22, 2014, 08:58 PM
Jun 2014

it kept rolling and picking up momentum to the point where nobody dare appear soft on crime.

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