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An 8 page paper discussing the dichotomy between campaign promises relating to crime and actual observed results. We expect political candidates to lay out for us the reasons we should vote for them rather than for their opponents, and candidates oblige this expectation by making promises during their campaigns outlining the things they will do once they gain office. There will be reform, they promise. Things will be different. They will take some sort of stance against crime. Too often, these promises are made for the purpose of gaining votes rather than truly making a difference. In the end, the most effective law and order campaigns have been those that have come about without any direct influence on the part of newly-elected officials at any level of government. Bibliography lists 17 sources.
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8 pages (~225 words per page)
File: CC6_KScrimCampaign.rtf
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all developed democracies have developed a rather cynical attitude toward candidates for political office. We expect these candidates to lay out for us the reasons we should vote for
them rather than for their opponents, and candidates oblige this expectation by making promises during their campaigns outlining the things they will do once they gain office. There will
be reform, they promise. Things will be different. They will take some sort of stance against crime: liberals will look for social causes of crime and seek
to collect and rehabilitate criminals; conservatives promise they will enforce existing deterrents and seek out others as they strive to make adult offenders take responsibility for their own actions.
In any case, political candidates promise the public that they will do "something" about crime in the local area or on a national level.
The purpose here is to assess the statement that political campaign promises relating to crime are designed more for gaining votes than they are reducing crime. Getting Tough
The home of blues, the French Quarter and Cajun culture, New Orleans had a reputation several years ago as one of the most crime-laden
cities in the United States. Of course New York and Los Angeles had greater numbers of incidents of crime, but New Orleans ranked higher in terms of percentages of
crimes of all types. The mayor, the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) and the law-abiding people of the city banded together to reclaim their streets. The result has
been that crime has been dramatically reduced in New Orleans over the past several years. Recently, the office of the mayor announced that the city would undertake still further
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