CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN UNITED STATES
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- Wed May 10 2006

... CRIME AND PUNISHMENT IN UNITED STATES The superhero sits at the base of the waterfall, ready to rescue people as they fall or in some cases, are pushed down the cliff. He swims out and rescues them, bandages their wounds, and hauls them to the hospital. He responds to each victim with all of the energy and determination he can muster. Some of the people he rescues are people he has helped before. He fails to consider that if he could get to the top of the fall, he might keep some people from falling or being pushed into the dangerous waters in the first place. This superhero's approach parallels the average American's reaction to the problem of crime. Typical responses usually involve the rescue attempts and bandages of stricter laws and tougher punishments. These seem on the surface to be logical solutions, but they rarely get to the root of














