Our Leniency, and the Necessity of Punishing Crime

Our Leniency, and the Necessity of Punishing Crime
A general view of barb wire at the former Reading prison building in Reading, England on Sept. 1, 2016. Dan Kitwood/Getty Images
Theodore Dalrymple
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A few years ago, an eminent British criminologist said, or admitted, that criminology was a century-old conspiracy to deny that punishment had any effect whatever on criminal behavior.

Theodore Dalrymple
Theodore Dalrymple
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Theodore Dalrymple is a retired doctor. He is contributing editor of the City Journal of New York and the author of 30 books, including “Life at the Bottom.” His latest book is “Embargo and Other Stories.”
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