crime prevention quotes

Two million felons have tried to buy a gun and, because of the background check, have been denied.

Punishment is the last and the least effective instrument in the hands of the legislator for the prevention of crime.

Should there be cameras everywhere in outdoor streets? My personal view is having cameras in inner cities is a very good thing. In the case of London, petty crime has gone down. They catch terrorists because of it. And if something really bad happens, most of the time you can figure out who did it.

To be smart on crime, we should not be in a position of constantly reacting to crime after it happens. We should be looking at preventing crime before it happens.

The appropriate response to terrorist crimes is police work, which has been successful worldwide.

The act of policing is, in order to punish less often, to punish more severely.

‚Getting smart on crime‘ does not mean reducing sentences or punishments for crimes.

How accurately can the law fix the crime? There has to be a mechanism for very fast action. The law is like this: catch them and punish them.

For centuries the death penalty, often accompanied by barbarous refinements, has been trying to hold crime in check; yet crime persists. Why? Because the instincts that are warring in man are not, as the law claims, constant forces in a state of equilibrium.