5/06/2008

Conservatives Copying Failed U.S. Crime Laws

 

by Don Butler - Monday, May 05, 2008

The [Stephen] Harper government is embracing tough-on-crime policies even as the United States backs away from similar approaches that have produced record levels of incarceration, huge costs and racialized prisons, says an American expert on sentencing policy...The Harper government pushed the bill through even though crime rates in Canada are falling and are now at their lowest level in 25 years.

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Conservatives Copying Failed U.S. Crime Laws
blackandred
Tue, 06 May 2008 04:05:52 GMT

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