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something that drives me crazy is how people believe that cops have much of anything to do with "cutting crime". they don't. they react to crime that has already occurred by investigating/pursuing/arresting criminals.
crime prevention comes down to preventing the circumstances which lead people to commit crimes in the first place, and 9 times out of 10, that's poverty. of course, nobody wants to deal with that...
I keep being reminded of the books I'm working on. I guess it just means we have know this stuff for a hundred fucking years.
Mary Stevenson Callcott, Russian Justice, Chapter 5.
yeah, lots of "shoulds" in that quote...
Yes... And what do you mean by that?
what i meant, other than lamenting the failed promises of the Soviet State, is, like you, we've known this shit for a long time but have yet to apply it in any meaningful way to our societies.
Thanks. I think I got it.
what are you working on, btw?
I can answer that in two ways:
I take PDFs of scans of print books and turn them into epubs (ebooks), and uploading them to my website
Or, as is implied from my first comment, I am working on Russian Justice, turning it into an epub.
oh, i see. how interesting.
for a moment, it sounded as though you might be writing a book, so i thought i'd ask.
It did seem as if you were thinking that. But no, I take 100... well 80-90, year old books and polish them up for the modern age.
spiffy! thanks for your hard work!