{"id":2017551,"date":"2023-08-30T23:38:02","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T03:38:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-does-the-soft-on-crime-mentality-stem-from\/"},"modified":"2023-08-30T23:42:19","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T03:42:19","slug":"where-does-the-soft-on-crime-mentality-stem-from","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-does-the-soft-on-crime-mentality-stem-from\/","title":{"rendered":"What is the origin of the &#8216;soft-on-crime&#8217; mindset?"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhere-does-the-soft-on-crime-mentality-stem-from%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2017551&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><blockquote>\n<h2>Commentary<\/h2>\n<p>Anger over <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/this-wisconsin-dem-wants-to-distance-himself-from-defund-the-police-two-of-his-biggest-donors-bankrolled-campaign-to-remove-law-enforcement-from-schools\/\" title=\"This Wisconsin Dem Wants To Distance Himself From \u2018Defund the Police.\u2019 Two of His Biggest Donors Bankrolled Campaign To Remove Law Enforcement From Schools.\">youth crime<\/a> rates has been heating up.<\/p>\n<p>Western Australian residents have petitioned\u200c their government to take \u2062action in the Kimberley area where the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-releases-list-of-president-trumps-accomplishments-and-it-is-historic\/\" title=\"White House Releases List of President Trump\u2019s Accomplishments \u2013  And It Is Historic!\">violent crime rate<\/a> is 17 times greater per capita than in metropolitan Perth.<\/p>\n<p>The Queensland government\u200c has been sharply condemned by the national children&#8217;s\u200d commissioner for \u2064allowing young offenders to be detained at police watchhouses, alleging that \u201cthere is no evidence \u200cto support tougher penalties.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<div class=\"shortcode\">\n<div class=\"border-comp-divider mb-4 mr-4 w-full max-w-[500px] border px-5 py-4 text-[16px] leading-[20px] text-[#262626] md:float-left\">\n<div class=\"mb-3 font-sans text-[16px] font-semibold uppercase leading-[19px] text-[#2F2F2F]\">Related Stories<\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/western-australia-residents-want-epidemic-of-youth-crime-in-kimberely-tackled-5467751\">Western Australia Residents Launch Petition on \u200cYouth Crime Epidemic<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/15\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/western-australia-residents-want-epidemic-of-youth-crime-in-kimberely-tackled-5467751\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"mb-4 flex gap-2\">\n<div class=\"grow\">\n<div class=\"mb-1 line-clamp-2\">\n          <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/queensland-youth-detention-rate-up-4-percent-5480467\">Queenslanders Take to the Streets Against Youth Crime<\/a>\n        <\/div>\n<div class=\"text-comp-caption text-[14px] leading-[18px]\">8\/25\/2023<\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<div class=\"shrink-0 basis-[120px]\">\n        <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theepochtimes.com\/world\/queensland-youth-detention-rate-up-4-percent-5480467\"><\/a>\n      <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p>There is an increasing gulf between \u200cthose who are personally \u200baffected by the growing incidence of youth crime and seek firm action against it and those who \u2064often seem to be in denial about the seriousness \u2063of the problem.<\/p>\n<p>Differences in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/where-does-the-soft-on-crime-mentality-stem-from\/\" title=\"What is the origin of the 'soft-on-crime' mindset?\">attitude reflect socio-anthropological beliefs<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>There \u2064are those who believe that bad adolescent \u2063behaviour stems from poor parenting and that punishment \u2062may be an appropriate response, as well as a disincentive to further offending. These people are at odds with others who stress \u200cthe victimhood of offenders\u2014and of their parents.<\/p>\n<p>There is \u200dtruth in both\u2063 propositions, but too little balance in\u2064 appraising them. We tend to direct \u200bour anger against \u200deither\u2063 the offender or the more abstract forces in\u2062 a \u201csociety\u201d that\u200c has failed them.<\/p>\n<h2>Who is Left and Who is\u200d Right?<\/h2>\n<p>How does this split arise \u2062and how can \u200bwe resolve it?<\/p>\n<p>The prevailing view on the left is that all people are innately good but that social malaises such as racism, toxic masculinity,\u2062 financial greed, and political ambition corrupt them.<\/p>\n<p>In this view, \u200doffenders and their families are victims of social forces that overwhelm \u2063them and <em>force<\/em> them, almost unwittingly, into\u200d criminal acts.<\/p>\n<p>People who accept that view of the world are prone to sympathise more with the \u201cvictimhood\u201d of\u2062 the perpetrators than with the actual victims of their crimes. Their emphasis is more on rights than responsibility.<\/p>\n<div style=\"margin-left:0;margin-right:0;max-width:1200px\">\n<figure style=\"width:640px;margin-left:auto;margin-right:auto\" class=\"aligncenter\"><figcaption>Passengers were seated here when a rock was thrown at the side of a Brisbane City Council bus by youths. This occurred Jan. 13, 2023, at 5:40 p.m. (Courtesy of the Rail, Tram and Bus Union)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<p>On the other side, there is a conviction (no doubt\u2062 attributable in part to \u200dtraditional religious teachings) that human beings are\u2063 fundamentally \u200cgood, \u200cthough prone \u2062to corruption.<\/p>\n<p>Christianity is still\u200c the basis of the morality of a majority of Australians, even of\u200d those who are no longer believers, and its doctrine on this point is\u200d both complex\u2064 and clear: the whole physical world including humanity \u200dis essentially good.<\/p>\n<p>But humans have a tendency towards selfishness and greed (the technical\u200c name for this is \u201coriginal sin\u201d) which inclines them towards acts of self-indulgence, even \u200bat the expense of others. In some cases, this results in deeds of great evil.<\/p>\n<p>But \u2062very importantly, Christianity teaches that each individual is held responsible by God for his \u2063or her own actions; they\u200d cannot be \u2064entirely imputed to or blamed on the actions of others, or on external,\u2062 societal pressures.<\/p>\n<p>To blame \u200dsociety for everything is, in the Christian\u200d view, unjust and irresponsible.<\/p>\n<p>Other major religions such as\u200d Judaism, Islam, \u200dBuddhism, and Hinduism generally closely concur on this, though a difference is that the last two do not place value just on this physical world.<\/p>\n<p>Beliefs such as\u200b reincarnation \u2063are \u200cclosely linked to the notion that this physical world is transient, that people can be re-born on \u2062higher (or lower) planes, and\u2064 that the final end of creation is \u2063to be\u200b released from all its physical bonds.<\/p>\n<p>Such \u2062a view is markedly different \u200cfrom the first three (often called \u201creligions \u2064of the book\u201d) that accord a high place to\u2062 material reality\u2014and think it \u2063redeemable.<\/p>\n<h2>Some Believe Personal Responsibility Is Not a Factor<\/h2>\n<p>Ideas have consequences. Readers will, I hope, excuse that excursion \u2062into theology and philosophy, but it explains a lot.<\/p>\n<p>Religious people, including those \u200bwho \u200dare not themselves religious but have inherited a\u200c moral system based on\u200d religion, usually believe \u200bthat\u2063 people must\u200d accept at least partial \u2062responsibility for their crimes, without excluding external\u2062 influences. \u2062So active legal \u200ddeterrents, tough disincentives, and\u200d even punishment are all appropriate responses.<\/p>\n<p>By contrast, the Left lives in a dream world. Despite massive evidence to the contrary\u2014we don&#8217;t have to look beyond the\u200c wars of the 20th century for that\u2014the Left insists that\u2064 all people are good and\u2062 that social structures are solely responsible for all kinds of deviancy.<\/p>\n<p>It would\u2064 be nice if it were true. But it&#8217;s not, and the consequences are dire.<\/p>\n<div>\n<figure style=\"width:525px\" class=\"alignnone\"><figcaption>A window is shattered at a Timberland store \u200dalong Michigan Avenue in\u200b Chicago, Ill.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Residents in Western Australia are demanding action against rising youth crime rates in the Kimberley area, which is 17 times higher per capita than in metropolitan Perth. The Queensland government has faced strong criticism from the national children&#8217;s commissioner for their handling of young offenders&#8217; detention.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2370,"featured_media":2017552,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2017551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017551","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2370"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2017551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2017551\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2017552"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2017551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2017551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2017551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}