Comments on: Why We Should Look To Texas To Tackle Crime http://searchforyourrights.org/news/why-we-should-look-to-texas-to-tackle-crime/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=why-we-should-look-to-texas-to-tackle-crime Fri, 20 Apr 2012 02:31:24 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: "Camel" http://searchforyourrights.org/news/why-we-should-look-to-texas-to-tackle-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-40 "Camel" Wed, 21 Apr 2010 10:45:26 +0000 http://searchforyourrights.org/?p=264#comment-40 Australia has the second highest recidivisam rate in the world 'second' only behind America. For years we have followed the American way of law enforcement and 'punishment'. Nowhere enough emphasis has been placed on rehabilitation. I did 2 years jail in Holland the 4th lowest residivication rate in the world, there was rarely more than 1 or 2 petty criminals in a unit of 24 crims. Most of the inmates were in for serious offences. Drug addicts are given treatment for their health issues instead of punished for minor crimes commited to feed addiction, the prisons prime level of punishment is incaceration, after that it is all about rehabilitation. It was 41/2 months before I saw anything that looked like a fight on the Football field, a bit of push me shove you. The other crims had stoped the fight before the Guards had 'walked' 3 metres. In a Victorian prison a game of football ment a fight, 1 game per week at least 1 fight. In Holland 4 games of Football per week and 4 1/2 Months for a minor scuffle. Why do we follow a deteriating system, the worst in the world, isn't it common sence to follow the better systems the ones with possitive results? Silly me, common sence is not allowed in the vocabulary of Australian Politetions. Let us hope that Australia decides to follow this new way of thinking that seems to be starting in America. Mind you if the normal flow of things takes place it will be at least 10 years before they wake up to the change. I do wonder where America looked to come up with the idea? Could they have looked to Denmark, Sweden, Finland and The Netherlands? Camel Australia has the second highest recidivisam rate in the world ‘second’ only behind America. For years we have followed the American way of law enforcement and ‘punishment’. Nowhere enough emphasis has been placed on rehabilitation.
I did 2 years jail in Holland the 4th lowest residivication rate in the world, there was rarely more than 1 or 2 petty criminals in a unit of 24 crims. Most of the inmates were in for serious offences.
Drug addicts are given treatment for their health issues instead of punished for minor crimes commited to feed addiction, the prisons prime level of punishment is incaceration, after that it is all about rehabilitation.
It was 41/2 months before I saw anything that looked like a fight on the Football field, a bit of push me shove you. The other crims had stoped the fight before the Guards had ‘walked’ 3 metres. In a Victorian prison a game of football ment a fight, 1 game per week at least 1 fight. In Holland 4 games of Football per week and 4 1/2 Months for a minor scuffle.
Why do we follow a deteriating system, the worst in the world, isn’t it common sence to follow the better systems the ones with possitive results? Silly me, common sence is not allowed in the vocabulary of Australian Politetions.
Let us hope that Australia decides to follow this new way of thinking that seems to be starting in America. Mind you if the normal flow of things takes place it will be at least 10 years before they wake up to the change.
I do wonder where America looked to come up with the idea? Could they have looked to Denmark, Sweden, Finland and The Netherlands?
Camel

]]> By: Richard Titelius http://searchforyourrights.org/news/why-we-should-look-to-texas-to-tackle-crime/comment-page-1/#comment-36 Richard Titelius Tue, 20 Apr 2010 06:57:37 +0000 http://searchforyourrights.org/?p=264#comment-36 Why would you want to tackle crime any other way than putting resources into those communities to solve the social and economic problems which cause large numbers of those people to end up in teh criminal justice system? Re : Papalia article on Texas progam "Justice Reinvestment" Rally today was also a triumph of reason notwithstanding the astonishing views of the Police Minister Rob Johnson on why these laws would be appropriate. Why would you want to tackle crime any other way than putting resources into those communities to solve the social and economic problems which cause large numbers of those people to end up in teh criminal justice system?

Re : Papalia article on Texas progam “Justice Reinvestment”

Rally today was also a triumph of reason notwithstanding the astonishing views of the Police Minister Rob Johnson on why these laws would be appropriate.

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