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What Criminologists Don’t Say, and Why
City Journal ^
| September 2, 2017
| John Paul Wright and Matt DeLisi
Posted on 09/02/2017 6:44:28 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
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To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is secular leftists trying to do on mortal power what only the church can do.
I don’t criticize the sentiment nearly as much as the method.
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posted on
09/02/2017 6:48:52 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
what they don’t say is that most crime is committed by certain groups....
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posted on
09/02/2017 6:49:04 PM PDT
by
cherry
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Its impossible to address crime without addressing its inverse relationship to personal virtue. Societies are made up of individuals; abandon virtue as a society and watch your society unravel.
In simplest terms, crime can be tied pretty directly to broken families and substance abuse. Broken families and substance abuse.
It isn’t poverty. Poor neighborhoods, in a society in which families are intact and virtue is the norm, are as safe as any other.
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posted on
09/02/2017 6:54:05 PM PDT
by
marron
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Criminology is dominated by liberal academics.
Their theories contradict real world experience.
But that’s okay, because for them, criminals aren’t the problem.
Society is the problem.
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posted on
09/02/2017 6:55:52 PM PDT
by
goldstategop
((In Memory Of A Dearly Beloved Friend Who Lives In My Heart Forever))
To: marron
Even “virtue” is a precarious thing without tying it to the Lord.
You might have the best instruments in the world in a room, but if it’s rank amateurs playing on them, you won’t get the wonderful sound of the Philadelphia Philharmonic.
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posted on
09/02/2017 7:01:54 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
To: goldstategop
Society has been a problem — for God — ever since the fall of humanity.
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posted on
09/02/2017 7:02:27 PM PDT
by
HiTech RedNeck
(Tryin' hard to win the No-Bull Prize.)
To: HiTech RedNeck
Even virtue is a precarious thing without tying it to the Lord. I often like to say, the root social problem is too few Christians per square mile.
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posted on
09/02/2017 7:07:20 PM PDT
by
marron
To: 2ndDivisionVet
You mean “midnight basketball” didn’t work?? I’d guess that ghetto basketball is taking a backseat to drivebys.
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posted on
09/02/2017 7:11:06 PM PDT
by
JimSEA
To: marron
> I often like to say, the root social problem is too few Christians per square mile.
Tons of Christians per square mile in the Philippines, sky high crime rates. Almost no Christians in Japan and crime is almost nonexistent. What Japan has and the Philippines does not is order. To establish order you have to brutal on those who refuse it which is what Rodrigo Duterte is doing to the Philippines right now.
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posted on
09/02/2017 7:14:45 PM PDT
by
JohnyBoy
(We should forgive communists, but not before they are hanged.)
To: goldstategop
Criminology is dominated by liberal academics. Their theories contradict real world experience.
In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is.
Yogi Berra
To: 2ndDivisionVet
To: 2ndDivisionVet
This is my field - the author is spot on!
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posted on
09/02/2017 7:36:40 PM PDT
by
KosmicKitty
(Waiting for inspiration)
To: IWontSubmit
"In theory there is no difference between theory and practice. In practice there is." Albert Einstein
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posted on
09/02/2017 7:42:48 PM PDT
by
HandyDandy
("Do you think the rain will hurt the rhubarb?")
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Leftists are a cancer, they foul everything they touch. We do nothing to stop it, so our country is a dump.
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posted on
09/02/2017 8:04:37 PM PDT
by
The Toll
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Criminal activity is a personal choice, period.
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posted on
09/02/2017 8:18:28 PM PDT
by
wjcsux
(The hyperventilating of the left means we are winning! (Tagline courtesy of Laz.))
To: 2ndDivisionVet
I’m guessing the question is “Are blacks prone to committing robbery and murder due to genetics or culture?”
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posted on
09/02/2017 8:38:07 PM PDT
by
Brooklyn Attitude
(Let's start putting signs on Confederate statues that read "DEMOCRAT".)
To: HiTech RedNeck
This is secular leftists trying to do on mortal power what only the church can do.
Actually it is what the individual can do if they obey God's chosen method of redemption, otherwise, all that is truly left, is lifetime incarceration, repeat offenses, or this type of punishment.
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posted on
09/02/2017 8:40:01 PM PDT
by
SoConPubbie
(Mitt and Obama: They're the same poison, just a different potency)
To: 2ndDivisionVet
Is this going to impact my investment in the midnight basketball dealership?
To: KosmicKitty
I hope the professors are fully tenured, the “push back” is going to be unbelievable.
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