by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 15, 2015 | Crime
An important part of reforming a criminal’s character is to ensure that he makes amends for his violation of the rights of others. Moreover it is incumbent on the government to ensure that the victims of crime are compensated. To address both requirements, victims of...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 15, 2015 | Crime
Prisoners who will one day be released into society need to be reformed, not further depraved, by their incarceration. As a rule, felons should not be released until they are as statistically unlikely to commit crime as a law-abiding citizen, of like age and sex, is...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 15, 2015 | Crime
People with no means are obviously criminals, and there are vast numbers of people who use drug dealing, purse snatching, car stealing, burglary, pimping, robbery, identity theft and other criminal means to support themselves. The police should target these people...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 14, 2015 | Crime
No government … can afford … the police necessary to assure our safety unless the overwhelming majority of us are guided by an inner, personal code of morality. And you will not get that inner, personal code of morality unless children are brought up in a family—a...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 14, 2015 | Crime
There is a deep-seated instinct among all children to adopt their parents’ actions and beliefs. When children see their parents commit crime, they learn that crime is morally acceptable. To break this cycle, the offspring of felons need to be given special attention...
by Matthew Bransgrove | Oct 14, 2015 | Crime
Studies clearly show that abused children have a greater propensity to abuse others when they grow up. The government thus has a duty to prevent children from being abused, not only for the child’s sake, but for the sake of future potential victims.
