http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/03/16/james-q-wilson/addressing-the-problems-that-lead-to-prison/ Big Ideas for a Better World Sat, 04 Feb 2012 12:01:59 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.1 http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/03/16/james-q-wilson/addressing-the-problems-that-lead-to-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-384735 Why is crime in the US at a historic low? » Street Legal Tactics Fri, 02 Sep 2011 02:27:28 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=1526#comment-384735 [...] But fads are not easy to ignore. Consider the latest intellectual fashion that links imprisonment with reductions in crime rates. Simple enough in principle, but is it truthful (or just “truthy”)? The chief proponent, besides US police and sheriff associations, is public policy Professor James Wilson, who argues that lengthier penal sentences keeps potential criminals behind bars. [...] [...] But fads are not easy to ignore. Consider the latest intellectual fashion that links imprisonment with reductions in crime rates. Simple enough in principle, but is it truthful (or just “truthy”)? The chief proponent, besides US police and sheriff associations, is public policy Professor James Wilson, who argues that lengthier penal sentences keeps potential criminals behind bars. [...]

]]> http://www.cato-unbound.org/2009/03/16/james-q-wilson/addressing-the-problems-that-lead-to-prison/comment-page-1/#comment-344765 Homo Sumonomicus A blog about economics, politics, beer, sumo wrestling, and other irrelevant musings. Mon, 16 Mar 2009 22:48:12 +0000 http://www.cato-unbound.org/?p=1526#comment-344765 [...] Loury says yes. James Q. Wilson and John Lott say, not so [...] [...] Loury says yes. James Q. Wilson and John Lott say, not so [...]

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