incarceration politics

[Fellows, Jeffrey]

Obviously, no politician is going to take a stand that will be viewed as
being soft on crime. But, from what I understand the new language will be
"tough and smart on crime " or "tough, yet smart on crime." The politicians
in California and Oregon may already be using this phrase. Jeff

-----Original Message-----
From: Michael Perelman [mailto:michael at ecst.csuchico.edu]
Sent: Monday, March 08, 1999 1:28 PM
To: lbo-talk at lists.panix.com
Subject: incarceration politics

My suspicion is that policy makers know full well that the present rate of
incarceration is irrational, but they have fanned the flames of fear and
cannot
suddenly claim that crime is no longer so threatening.
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Michael Perelman
Economics Department
California State University
michael at ecst.csuchico.edu
Chico, CA 95929
530-898-5321
fax 530-898-5901