March, 2009

A Few Unanswered Points

by John R. Lott Jr
The Conversation
March 31st, 2009

Prison isn’t cheap, but the alternative of not having it is much more expensive. Western’s argument is that crime is high despite the level punishment and so obviously prison doesn’t matter. What he doesn’t seem to acknowledge is that things can be much worse. A city with a murder rate of 25 [...]

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