Canada’s tough on crime agenda and its immediate effects
Nyki Kish / September 8, 2011 / 5 min read
There’s no shortage of comprehensive data available to measure the long-term accomplishments of this approach to crime. Unfortunately, one of the most problematic issues with the implementation of such judicial actions is its focus on the immediate, short term results. For as history has informed us, that which offers the most stark and promising immediate result often bares adverse, if not dangerous, consequences down the line.