The mindset of the left:
perpetual adolescents. genitally-centered worldview. irrational naive optimist solutions, never looking at reality, logic, and past history to take into consideration that show such solutions don’t work in the real world with real people.
Sowell nails it again, ping.
Boy is he good.
What if seeking "the root causes of crime" is not nearly as effective as locking up criminals?
The root cause of violent crime is criminals. How hard is that to figure out?
Excellent.
Another great book on the subject, “Inside the Criminal Mind” by Stanton Samenow. I highly recommend it.
http://www.amazon.com/Inside-Criminal-Mind-Revised-Updated/dp/140004619X