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Cities looking at incentives for landlords to curb crime
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The second page says Sandy is considering how to handle "convicted criminals". Sandy appears to have it right, but I can't help but wonder about criminals being persecuted after they have paid their debt to society. If they are still a danger to society why are released in the first place? Is the judicial system such a sham that cities must deal with their mistakes long after the problem should have been previously dealt with? Perhaps prosecutors should stop trying to pad their conviction rates by plea bargaining with dangerous criminals.
Umm, tell me, how does changing your behavior amend your existing criminal record? It's the record the landlords are going to go off of, not your current behavior. I detest these programs and I hope that sooner or later the governments that implement them (and the landlords who act as their willing agents) get sued and have to pay big bucks.
Ironically, smokers used to complain of being treated like criminals--now the criminals can complain of being treated like smokers!
The problem is that some landlords don't pay attention and then cry about it when they are the guilty ones allowing the neighborhood to be trashed by the criminal element. It needs to be stopped with the little things like teenagers hanging in the neighborhood and stealing from the neighbors. Criminals andbad elemement don't buy the houses/condos in these areas, they are unable to get credit and they need to be able to quickly move on, and so the percentage of rentals increases as property value decreases.
I wonder if Paul Smith and his ilk have ever faced homelessness? What he's really saying if you're imperfect, you don't deserve to be a first class citizen.
People make mistakes. And, as has been noted, being "charged" with a crime is different than being "convicted" of a crime.
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This exemplifies the very essence of what is wrong with America; the attitude that basic human rights (food, shelter, clothing, medical care) are a privilege not a right.
All this does is shuffle the criminal element around, it does not address the root cause of criminal behavior.