The National Party parole policy is so punitive it makes the United States look like a bastion of liberalism…
Who said that? Colin Espiner said it
National has this morning bowed to those beating the law and order drum, releasing a parole policy so punitive it makes the United States look like a bastion of liberalism by comparison…
The implications of National’s new policy are considerable. At a stroke, National is essentially disestablishing nearly a hundred years of restorative justice and rehabilitation programmes that are now accepted as the norm in the corrections system.
Thank Christ there are some in the media prepared to stand up to this feral hatred National have whipped to foamy rage and shame on those NZers so juiced up on it that they now bray for the death penalty like a lynch mob on P.
Tapu Misa also makes a great point
A 2003 survey of New Zealanders’ attitudes to crime and punishment showed that we tended to overestimate crime statistics and underestimate the lengths of prison sentences. Even as sentences have lengthened and our prison population has exploded (up around 70 per cent under Labour) and recorded crime has fallen (with the exception of violent crime), we have been convinced of the opposite.
The fears of the middle classes drive law and order policy, the poor are statistically the victims of crime many more times than those who are frightened by it.
posted by Bomber @ 11:53 AM
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"The fears of the middle classes drive law and order policy, the poor are statistically the victims of crime many more times than those who are frightened by it."
I'm poor and worried about crime.
Oh yes, and how desperately I wish to be upper class. Maybe then I could escape your acerbic denunciations.
Can the so-called 'middle classes' not also fear for the safety and security of the poor?
Or is that barred by 'class' rules?
LS
Yeah Anon 12.42, I was just thinking the same thing. The poor must also be pretty frightened of crime too surely?
the poor are statistically the victims of crime many more times than those who are frightened by it.
So what you are saying is, that apart from a handful of high profile cases, it is really only poor people who are hurt by crime?
Well then, what are are we worried about? Reduce the the sentences, increase parole, forget about imposing bail - it's only hurting those horrible bloody poor people.
That what you meant Bomber?
How are the poor the main victims of crime? They have nothing good to steal. Maybe they're less worried about being robbed, less security etc, cos they can't afford it and they have nothing good to steal.
Maybe it makes sense that the people who have more to lose are more worried about the safety and security of their possessions, maybe the rich less worried because they can easily replace their stuff.
This is why I stay at home.
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