Incarceration_In_America

Incarceration In America Incarceration in America Is not an essential part of the American Dream the freedom from fear' When our children are afraid to walk to school, when women are afraid to walk to the local grocery, or when our society is being threatened as a whole, is it not time for the government to take responsibility for the lack of our security' The federal government during the 1950’s and 60’s allowed bleeding-heart liberals to pass legislation, and a liberal Supreme Court to interpret constitutional law to protect the criminal with little or no consideration for the victims of crime. This change in attitude towards the rights of the accused seemed to perpetuate an increasing crime rate. Crime rates go up and down from year to year for reasons that seem to escape the sociologists except to say that when men are young they have a greater propensity to commit crime than do older men. Thus, one of the motives to incarcerate men for longer periods of time. The race riots and Vietnam War protestors of the 60’s threatened, or otherwise upset, the presumed security of the working middle class. This fear of blatant violence and civil unrest set the stage for one crime, incarceration, prison, approach, percent, dollars, while, law, justice, year, system, programs, prisons, population, criminal, community, being, society, since, punishment, protect, political, one, moral, men, local, drug, billion, working, violent, times, time, states, security, rights, rates