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...some cases, particularly with first-time, nonviolent offenders, early-release initiatives could actually help reduce crime. "There are two effects of incarceration," says criminologist Alfred Blumstein of Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pa. "One is specific deterrence - you go to prison, and you say, 'Holy s___, I don't want to go through that again.' That is the crime-reducing component of prison. But the other effect of incarceration is criminalization. You have connection with gangs. You have diminished opportunities after you get out - and therefore you have some higher chance of returning to crime. Lots of researchers have tried...
...children of today be expected to live with the burden of these crimes committed 60 years ago? It is not that "younger Germans ... are less angst-ridden about their country's history" - we are certainly aware we have a "historical responsibility" - it is that we want to be freed of the weight on our shoulders for which we are not responsible. Katja Grosse-Sommer, GERMERSHEIM, GERMANY...
...last big intake of new countries to the E.U. and boasts, if his straightforward delivery can be called a boast, of knowing most of Europe's leaders. Those connections, and his political heft, will help in his new role. "I'm a reformer," he says. "I want to continue the transformation and reform of NATO...
...leaders say they want to boost Japan's nonindustrial economy by lowering taxes paid by local businesses, developing new environmental technologies and creating jobs in health care and agriculture. Toshihiro Ihori, an economics professor at Tokyo University, adds that offering incentives to attract skilled foreign labor and multinational companies could produce more investment and boost domestic economic activity, helping to revitalize moribund commercial sectors that for too long have been sheltered from competition...
...word immigration doesn't appear in the DPJ's platform - the subject remains a touchy one for insular Japan. But the party has a plan to allow more foreign workers into the country to help offset the shrinking labor pool. DPJ lawmakers also want to improve the lives of younger Japanese workers by curbing the hiring of temporary workers by manufacturers, a widespread practice that over the last decade or so has relegated many youth to second-class-citizen status. While older workers hang on to the best jobs, younger workers stuck in temp positions are denied many company...