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Law Enforcement and the Next President

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

It has been quite a while since crime and law enforcement were considered issues important enough to merit the attention of Presidential candidates. Even illegal drug use, which remains a serious national problem, has not been the subject of a question to candidates in the almost weekly debates during this political season. Terrorism, national security, the economy, immigration, health care, and education are the issues the candidates believe they must take positions on, but crime, other than how it relates to illegal immigration or terrorism, does not seem to be on anyone?s mind, other than the public?s. A recent poll conducted by the progressive think tank Third Way reports that crime is a very serious issue to 57% of the public...continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on March 11, 2008 (boomark / email).