What is a likely cost or tradeoff of each course of action?
PERSPECTIVE
Getting Tougher with Offenders
QUESTION
What is a likely cost or tradeoff of each course of action?
ANSWER
Taxpayers will have to pay more to put more cops on the street, and
erect enough prisons to hold violent criminals, many of whom serve
relatively long sentences. The relaxation of due process rules will in
some instances compromise civil rights. ,Taxpayers will have to pay
more for the public programs needed to deal with the social roots of
crime. We'll also need to accept the fact that such efforts may not
reduce violent crime rates, except over a period of many years.
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