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    Steven Pinker‏Verified account @sapinker 26 Jan 2013

    To lower violent crime, hire more cops & concentrate them in hot spots - more $-effective than prison inflation.http://nyti.ms/10VwgXg 

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      1. Kitchen Sink Omelet‏ @daiapmorgen 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker But there's greater profit in private-owned prisons, funneling teenagers into a life of crime.

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      1. Ar. Md Shahroz Alam‏ @shahrozalam 16 Feb 2013
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        @sapinker What if cops indulge in unlawful activities. Pay and play.

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      1. Wendy Lee‏ @canadianbushwom 5 Feb 2013
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        @sapinker more cops yes... but we have to go to the source cause of violent crime to prevent in the first place. longer process but...

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      1. Jackie Kay‏ @drjkk 4 Feb 2013
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        @sapinker @JohnTierneyNYT Then prison systems in Texas would be less profitable and we can't have that now can we?

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      1. Darrin‏ @darrinb 27 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker @JohnTierneyNYT @markjaquith that's based on the assumption they want crime reduced. For-profit prisons == $$$$

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      1. TJ Williams‏ @tjinlv 27 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker "imprisonment" is a business. The laws are designed to create more product for the business. We must all face this truth.

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      1. Ed Gloss‏ @EdGloss 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker @SamHarrisOrg They'd rather cops give out parking tickets all day in low-crime areas than prevent crime.

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      1. 1177434a‏ @1177434a 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker "Policing, of course, is not the only possible explanation for the safer streets"

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      1. Mel Kalaj‏ @fakthat 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker Mr Pinker, that, was one of the dumbest fucking things i have heard a very intelligent person say.

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      1. Harry Zieve Cohen‏ @harryzc 26 Jan 2013
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        .@sapinker In NYC, people generally like and trust the police. Surely, this is a key to the NYPD’s comparative success.

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      1. jonny vincent‏ @goscuter1 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker When the finest minds on the planet aren't interested in discussing the source of the passion in "crimes of passion"... #screwed

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      1. mel‏ @melbrannigan 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker @JohnTierneyNYT prisons should not be for profit nor privatized!

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      1. Ricky Twiggs Jr.‏ @AnchorsofReason 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker Bring back the 'beats' that cops had. I was not born in that time; I like the concept. Now we have mobile command centers to add

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      1. PBnoJ‏ @captainknoital 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker @JohnTierneyNYT does more focused deployment of law enforcement correlate to less gun violence? is it b/c of less gun presence ?

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      1. Don Calderon‏ @erby1kabogey 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker @JohnTierneyNYT Affordable education and a living wage is better then more police.

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      1. Todd Valerius‏ @mtvalerius 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker jobs and a future for people is better $. We already have tons of 'security". A national curfew next idea from our police state?

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      1. Giannis Tolios‏ @derevirn 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker What do you do when a large part of the police force is corrupt and has ties with neonazi groups (citizen of Greece here)?

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      1. Andrew Mills‏ @andypsy 26 Jan 2013
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        @sapinker Requires cojones, increased policing.means increase in recorded crime. will be exploited by the race relations industry

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