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Alas, no chimes ring out for Stephen Hall--As for the rest, we love 'em...
...Russkies fool 'em...
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ALTHOUGH HE APPLAUDS such innovations as allowing juvenile delinquents to perform alternative service and improving social conditions in general, the main impact of Wilson's statements is directed towards putting more people in jail, earning him the nickname "Captain Lock 'em Up." In Thinking About Crime he suggests that ideally "every conviction for a non-trivial offense would entail a penalty that involved a deprivation of liberty." Wilson includes a wide latitude of programs in "deprivation"; with society's present options, however, most convicted criminals would end up in jail, not rehabilitation or treatment centers...