buddhallah_the_christ
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- Dec 4, 2014
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"America has a strong tradition of 'personal responsibility', the kind of mentality that suggests if you're poor it's because you didn't work hard enough and if you committed a crime it's because you chose to. In Europe there is more likely to be an acknowledgement of societies influence on crime (poverty, opportunity, addiction). This may not be at the lawmaking level, but I feel it changes the expectations of the community and therefore applies pressure to the lawmakers".
Something I've always wondered.
It's doesn't seem to be deterring crime, because EU seems to have lower crime rates, although lax punishments.
So, why?
Something I've always wondered.
It's doesn't seem to be deterring crime, because EU seems to have lower crime rates, although lax punishments.
So, why?