I was browsing through Facebook the other day, and noted these two ideas next to each other. And the thought just came to me; spanking children and police violence are exactly the same in so many ways. So I thought I’d write, “Five Similarities…” or maybe “Eight Similarities…” After ten minutes I was at “Sixteen…”…
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Policing: Responsibility for Change
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#3 of a 3-Part Series A 180-Degree Change In the past two posts, we have discussed some basic objectives of policing and the problem with a society that assumes the major objective is punishment. Now we look at how to change this objective to our real need to protect the public. For this post, I’m…
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The Objectives of Policing Part 2: Our Punitive Society
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It’s no secret. Since medieval times, our society’s go-to technique for behavioural modification has been punishment. For example, in Victorian days children were seen as little adults, with all the sinful desire that comes with maturity. The solution was to beat it out of them. If a boy stuttered, he was considered to be…