| Judson McClendon 2006-01-09, 6:59 pm |
| "Howard Brazee" <howard@brazee.net> wrote:
>
> While I don't have supporting evidence - I believe while most crimes
> are not solved - most criminals get caught. This is because people
> repeat what appears to work. When crime pays, criminals continue to
> commit crimes.
>
> But s**t happens. We've all had screw-ups in our work, whether we
> are at fault, others are at fault, or just bad luck. If your job is
> crime, the results of screw-ups can be getting caught - or worse.
>
> We end up with a population of people who are sometimes willing to
> discuss their careers of crime, including that part of their careers
> that occurred before the screw-up.
I'm not sure how germane this is to your comments, but about 25 years ago
the major local newspaper here went to both the county sheriff and the major
metropolitan police chief, and asked them what one thing could be done to
most help them prevent crime. Each of them said "If I could lock up these
100 people, and keep them there" and produced lists. The two lists were
almost identical.
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Judson McClendon judmc@sunvaley0.com (remove zero)
Sun Valley Systems http://sunvaley.com
"For God so loved the world that He gave His only begotten Son, that
whoever believes in Him should not perish but have everlasting life."
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