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Boston Globe noticing crime dogs not barking in 2008 campaign

By Douglas A. Berman

With all due respect to McGruff the Crime Dog (who has his own blog), I have been intrigued, somewhat amazed and consistently disappointed by how quiet the 2008 election season has been on issues of crime and punishment.  I am pleased to see that the Boston Globe, in this editorial headlined "Politically, crime doesn't pay," is also noticing that crime dogs are not barking this fall.  And the editorial has some interesting theories why: Despite an overall drop in crime rates over the past decade, fear of crime remains a daily concern for residents in many American cities.  The candidates are giving short shrift to the issue by succumbing to their own fear of talking about crime. Obama may be reluctant to draw attention to his hometown problems in Chicago, where murder and gun violence rates are up sharply...continue to full post

Full post as published by Sentencing Law and Policy on October 10, 2008 (boomark / email).