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Is it inconceivable that crime is lower due to more police on the streets and more criminals in jail?

• rayiner 13y ago
  I think that's true, but I also think it's true that it would be possible for police forces to demobilize a bit, instead of continuing their ramp-up. It's like invading Iraq. The police went in and broke the criminal gangs and organized crime. What's needed now is nation building, so to speak. The crime that's left is leaderless gangs of youths shooting each other up in turf wars, and SWAT teams aren't the answer to that.
  • D9u 13y ago
    Excellent point about nation building... Too bad we're doing that nation building away from home.
• Tuna-Fish 13y ago
  Yes, because the same trend extends to places without massively expanded militarized police and ridiculous incarceration rates.