Canadian Politics Today
Beyond Canada => American Politics => Topic started by: Michael Hardner on November 23, 2017, 06:53:02 am
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http://www.latimes.com/books/jacketcopy/la-ca-jc-jill-leovy-20150125-story.html
Her premise is simple, powerful and runs counter to prevailing views. The crisis does not stem from over-policing and mass incarceration per se. Instead, these are symptomatic of a deeper problem that she refers to as "too little application of the law." "Where the criminal justice system fails to respond vigorously to violent injury and death," Leovy writes, "homicide becomes endemic."
I feel that an intelligent assessment of a problem involves turning it around, looking at whether it's a symptom or root cause, and hearing from as many relevant points of view as you can. As such, the idea that these neighbourhoods are just underserved as consumers of a public service (policing) seems to work for me.
Really, even that is a symptom of the disconnectedness of such areas from the governments that ostensibly serve them.
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Did you read the book? It sounds interesting.
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No but I might. I mostly like turning the idea around and getting a new conclusion from it.
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Sounds really interesting. These communities don't have much political power so why would politicians turn funding towards police to help them?
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...why would politicians turn funding towards police to help them?
Because it builds a strong community ? But it's difficult so it won't happen.