Get Tough On Crime Essay

I have had several discussion from my previous criminall justice class espicially in my corrections class. I find it rather interesting how twenty years ago we were looking at a very different America. Our societal approach of "Get Tough on Crime", has been without transpearncy. As the articles has show in the past twenty years we have seen a huge decline, with this, we must examine why.

The article you linked us, has used six findings that are largely related to the decline. As the text has put it, there is not a single reason for the drastic decline of crime. The text points at incarceration, policing, social programs, demographics, unemployment benefits, and fewer opportunities. I am going to examine each of the headings to show the correlation of these headings.

incarceration: We have seen an increase in incarcerations, some have stated that due to the influx of incarcerations, this would reduce the amount of people to commit crimes.
It is very evident that we as a country are not focused on punitive measures as we once were. We have undergone community policing, which has been tested and has been proven to work. We are seeing this today, with different programs and ways that the police are trying to be one with the coumminty they protect in serve. As well as policing, I was reluctant in placing this point here because it could be link to few oppurtunites, nonetheless, it is harder to commit crimes. With crime the offender would want to do his deviant action undetected, however with security cameras, cell phones, and means of recognition tools that are at the public disposal will deter a the crime due to