Opinion | Law and Order – Policy vs Reality
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By Yvette Brennan ‘Tough on crime’ rhetoric is common among journalists, politicians and Facebook posts. With the increasing media coverage on “ram-raids” and guns, law and order has resurfaced as the controversial dinner table topic, but what does being tough-on-crime actually mean? The phrase itself can be translated quite simply; longer sentences and harsher punishments […]