There's a simple way to solve the crime problem: obey the law; punish those who do not.
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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.
If, at the limit, you can rule without crime, you cannot do so without injustices.
As society changes, laws have to change to protect citizens along the way. Sometimes you have to try new and different and creative ways to solve problems. You have to take some risks.
One way to make sure crime doesn't pay would be to let the government run it.
Crimes spring from fixed ideas.
If we were really tough on crime, we'd do more to stop it from happening in the first place.
Nothing will deter crime but the certainty of punishment.
We all have the problem of what do you do with the not-guilty-yet in free and democratic societies where you have the presumption of innocence. It's a very difficult problem.
Crime to many is not crime but simply a way of life. If laws are inconvenient, ignore them, they don't apply to you.
Murder is not the crime of criminals, but that of law-abiding citizens.