Is it true that when you have 100 cops and only 1 crime that 99 cops will find a crime and therefore will send a higher precentage of innocent people to jail? Is this freedom or a loss of security?
214108
All over the World crime is overriding security forces especially in the US ..
211159
Some prisions have both systems, and only inmates that are low risk get to spend time with their family. Obviously the reason they seperate eachother is because the are in prision and are meant to be punished, plus it allows them to not be able to exchange items without a guard looking it over. I am sure there is not prision with high risk people the allow them to see their visitors unprotected.
527704
Its a case of if the criminal wants to break the law then he takes the consequences.  ALL police should be armed, that might make the toe rags think twice (thats if they have enough brain cells to think twice!) before they break the law...often endangering or stealing from honest hardworking people who stay within the law.  Im sure many will bleat "victimless crime" but theres no such thing, they all have have victims in one way or another!
200542
If somebody wants to commit a crime, The punishment is a detterent to prevent such a move. I agree with you that there is no guarantee that after serving the required sentence, s/he will be a reformed person.Definitely, s/he feels isolated socially but we can,t let him go scot free otherwise more and more people feel inclined to indulge in such activities.
658715
An unfortunate fact of the " Zero Tolerance" policy that allowed seizure of property obtained by illegal means, is that MUCH of the property winds up MISSING!!\n\nWhether it is the POLICE who are 'spiriting it away', or simply terrible bureaucratic recordkeeping is unclear, but the fact still remains that the missing property does not end up fattening the public coffers through public auction as it should.
476626
Well living in NJ I get NY news so I hear everything that happens there. I think in a whole the NYPD are good people doing a difficult job but like in life there are a few bad apples. Now talking about what happened to the 23 year old who just got killed I think 50 shots is ridiculous. I can't say it was a racial thing and it could have been a white guy who had gotten killed just the same BUT (and I don't know all the facts) it sounded like the guys were trying to get away from the cops. I think the Cops (who were undercover) may have just looked like a bunch of guys with guns pointing at then so they wanted to get away. They were in their car ramming other cars and almost hitting a cop but maybe they didn't know he was a cop just a wacko with a gun pointed at them and if it was you wouldn't you run someone over or hit some cars to get away? Now they are saying that one of them was over heard saying he was going to get his gun before this all happened and that is why the cops followed them but none was found and no shots other then the cops were fired so I am thinking it isn't looking good for the cops right now and I am sorry for the family of the man who died! It stinks!!!
460554
This is why people hate cops.  I'm a law abiding citizen, but I REFUSE to let a cop into my house for ANY reason.  I won't have it.  They can come into the yard, and I'll meet them out there to "talk".  When I build my house, I will have a "recieving area" in the front that will not have a direct entrance into the rest of the house.  \n\nSorry if it offends the good cops, but just like the criminals don't wear badges that say they won't resist arrest or aren't armed, I won't know if it's a dirty cop using sly tactics to set me up, or if it's just a legitmate conversation about what's happening.
321440
NO, it's not. It's absurdly expensive as the sentences are so long. There's barely any rehabilitation going on, and for the most part too many ppl are admitted for very long sentences who have not done serious crimes. Once you go through hell that most jails are you won't come out the same! And usually you won't come out a better person either! On top of that recidivism rates are extremely high when compared to other countries, i.e. in Europe. Some state prisons have recidivism rates as high as 20-30%. So no, too many do not become productive members of society again. I think there's a problem how the system works in itself, it might be successful at punishing, but not rehabilitation, in either case it should focus in prevention, and not be just a reactionary system. Some states, I think Florida and California will be soon among them if not yet, are spending more, or at least the same for education as prison systems. Now, doesn't anyone think there's something wrong with that? Right now US is jailing more than 2 million individuals... That's equivalent to a small country! There's clearly problems with the system, as well as the the way that society sees it and how they regard crime itself. EDIT: Now that I read some of the responses that makes what I said before even true, putting someone in jail as long as possible is not going to change anything! It's what he does in that jail that matters, not how long he stays there. So, if you think it's a good idea to fill the jails up with criminals, - fill them up, then build more max security prisons at 10 grand a cell, and fill those up as well, just don't come to me when it's time to pay taxes. And pray that once those criminals get out they don't come to you for anything, cause they'll be pissed. It's something to think about when you see the next politician boasting how he'll be tough on crime just cause it's an easy way to get votes, and felons can't vote, so he got nothing to loose, it's the society that does.
73556
Data like this is sometimes presented as specific crimes per 100,000 people.
482315
Unfortunately, that can be true.  There are people who somehow think they deserve a "break" because they are famous.  Then of course there are those who are majorly tough and throw the book at them..to make an example as with Winona Ryder...frankly if they broke the law, they should be treated the same as everyone else.  Cops are usually decent (at least where I live) and if you are a decent person, they pick up on it, and often cut you a break if it is a minor offense such as a traffic ticket.  It all depends on the individual.  \n\nBut people can be corrupted, and for the most part, I think that celebrities DO get away with a lot more than they should..get treated better...get priority everywhere they go...it's a business after all and proprieters go for the attention so even if they trash a hotel or something...they suck it up and not say anything or risk losing other "valuable" celebrities as customers.\n\nWhere I think the system sucks is when they get to the courts, and their fancy lawyers play a song and dance and get them off...that is the REAL crime.  I will never forget the ugly people I worked with in government and how they reacted and jumped for joy (yes half were minorities) when OJ Simpson got off for murder...they jumped for JOY.  I hope they come back in another lifetime as victims who get their throats slashed so someone else can "jump for joy" when their likely murderer got off scot free.
572011
I think a lot of answerers are right in that most of us must have broken the law at some time in our lives, knowingly or unknowingly. However, there is a difference, I think, between breaking the law and doing something which causes harm, distress or inconvenience to another person (whether or not the action is legal).\n\nI can't remember who it was who said "The Law, sir, is an a$$!" It was probably used in the sense that the Law has no sense (if you see what I mean) but it could also have meant that it is a beast of burden and that it carries without question what is put on its back. In other words, 'the Law' is most fair when it is interpreted intelligently.\n\nThe Police do keep statistics on how many crimes are reported and how many are solved. The number of crimes that go unreported must add to that and one can only make an estimate. The actual percentage of crimes per head of population must be fairly small but I am sure it varies very widely from area to area - I can think of areas where the proportion of criminals and people aiding and abetting (we must not forget those) would be very high indeed.\n\n'Society' is too broad a term. In order to have a meaningful answer you would have to specify which section of society you meant.
673903
It is atrocious to jail people without a trial, a lawyer or even one phone call; how can the US say that they are a "free" country?\n\nI am completely fine with locking up criminals but there has to be a process and evidence or the US just becomes a dictatorship.\n\n\n\nWe can not appeal to the conscience of the world when our own conscience is asleep.\nCarl von Ossietzky
629354
I believe it seriously depends on the severity of the crime and who/what was involved. Being in good standing order before the crime also helps. It sounds like you're doing something for your community- but helping a bit more couldn't hurt. Perhaps you could speak with a lawyer or a government official.
253949
If you remove a large number of people from any city or country of COURSE the crime rates will go down!!\n\nNot only are there less criminals around, but there are also less victims - so it's only logical that there has to be less crime - but it doesn't prove a whole lot!\n\nNow, if you segregate all people in one city or country into sealed off areas with just the ONE nationality, making sure that each has an equal proportion of rich, average, and poor ... THEN you can judge the crime rate! And there will never be any question of racist crimes, because the only potential victims will be the same race as the criminals! THAT is how you judge the true amount of respect each race has for their fellow human beings, and THAT tells you which people are more likely to commit crimes in a multi-racial society.
675017
Just because the prison population has increased it doesn't necessarily mean that more crimes are committed.  It just means that more individuals are getting caught and the cjs is becoming more efficient and accurate.(hopefully)
414394
I just attended a lecture yesterday that talked about these very statistics.  Our crime rate is actually going down, but our rate of incarceration is going up.  This reflects the US' "war on crime" and "war on drugs" started in the late 70s, early 80s (Reagan, mostly).  It's because we are taking action and using incarceration as the solution.  To really properly analize these numbers, you also have to look at the crime rates of all these nations (we also score very poorly, there, so you still have a point).  The statistics for african-americans is even worse - something like 6000+ african-american inmates per 100,000.
345584
That way the poor misunderstood criminals have a better chance of excaping .\nNext they'll take away the cops guns .