Wasn’t there something published regarding the drug residue in waste water in major cities. Plenty of cocaine and high end stuff found in the effluent of the non working class suburbs. But they can afford the good legal advocates, can’t they ?
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Wasn’t there something published regarding the drug residue in waste water in major cities. Plenty of cocaine and high end stuff found in the effluent of the non working class suburbs. But they can afford the good legal advocates, can’t they ?
Why work when it's easier for them to rob, cheat and steal? Most wouldn't work if offered jobs anyways
Abuse I couldn’t make it in banking or politics 🤣Quote:
Originally Posted by AllTerr
Cocaine would be in the affluent suburbs. We bogans can only afford cheap drugs.
Not an excuse. A fact. I question your figure of " millions ", also. There's a reason the lower socio-economic cohort are highly represented in our prison population, and it's not because they are born criminals.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
It IS an excuse, Instead of wasting their welfare money on drugs and alcohol these people would Not need to steal to survive.Quote:
Originally Posted by bob10
I have been an unskilled worker all my life and I have had to do some really crappy jobs to put food on the table over my working life But I have Never considered Crime as an alternative to earning a quid honestly.
If the unskilled migrants and refugees can make a go of it in this country through hard work and sheer determination anyone can.
This "poor Bugger Me" attitude and lets just get drunk or stoned and blame everyone else is Bull****.
And YES there are millions of people on welfare and pensions in Australia, If you question it fair enough But do your own bloody research to "Enlighten" yourself as I don't intend to do it for you.
If you present a thesis you must be prepared to back it up.Quote:
Originally Posted by Eevo
Cherry picking sentences to suit your position could be considered disingenuous, or even cynical. Not that I'm saying that, mind. I assume you've read the entire article?
"Indigenous Australians' experiences of removal, dispossession, exclusion from education and employment, and structural disadvantage also play major roles in Indigenous offending rates and over-representation in prison. Other research has found that contributing factors include over-policing of Indigenous people with mental and cognitive disability, as well as institutional discrimination and greater severity by the criminal justice system in its treatment of Indigenous offenders."You would be aware of the term 'remand'. Interesting that about half those on remand are released without a conviction. Also 28% of indigenous in prison populations means there is 72% non indigenous, yet not a mention of that . Cynical? perhaps.
"Why is the growth in prisoners significant?The prison system is tasked with several purposes: punishment, deterrence, protection and rehabilitation. Rising prisoner numbers and the associated costs raise important questions about the legitimacy and viability of these purposes for the majority of those in prison. As seen in the graphs, of concern are the number of people on remand — about half of whom are released without having to serve further time in prison because they are found not guilty, given a community order, or deemed to have served their time.Of equal concern are the increased rates of Indigenous prisoners and Indigenous women prisoners, most of whom are on remand or on short sentences. The majority of those sent to prison re-offend and return to prison.Prisons are expensive; expenditure on prisons in Australia in 2014-15 was $2.9 billion. So, it is important to ask whether this rapid increase in remand, Indigenous and women prisoner numbers and rates is justified."
I know the numbers. I'm not sure enlighten is the correct word, there's nothing spiritual about it. Playing the blame game and generalising can be a dangerous game, a trap we should not fall into.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
This whole debate just seems a classic example of people over-estimating negative news and under-estimating positives.
Survey shows gloomy public wrong about crime, immigrants and teen pregnancies
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Originally Posted by DiscoMick
And from all the lefties, we get the exact opposite.
We we were over that crap ages ago.