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To what extent has new labour been tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime?  

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To what extent has new labour been tough on crime and tough on the causes of crime? New labour has used effective methods of dealing with crime in the UK. There is a clear effort to be tough on crime and its causes, by new labour "Tough on crime tough on the causes of crime" T. Blair. New labour has attempted to appease conservative middle class views of crime after the success in New York under Mayor Rudolph Giuliani e.g. zero tolerance. However new labour still have old labour and conservative ideologies and acknowledges that the social causes of crime e.g. redistribution of wealth, equal opportunity i.e. education and employment and a general attack on poverty is Just as important as the tough approach. Since the reformation of the labour party, it has pushed law and order up the political agenda. In 1998 the Crime and Disorder Act was introduced. The...

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