I would like to see some evidence that criminologists know wtf they are talking about. Have yet to see any proof that criminologists and their vacuous policies don’t lead to more crime. 

And someone should remind/inform? Mr Daubney that elections have consequences. 

Theodore Dalrymple ~ Salisbury Review:

“Perhaps the most important is that intellectuals live in a costless world in which there is every incentive to devise other theories that defy common sense …. 

Intellectuals, like everyone else, live and work in a marketplace. In order to get noticed they must say things which have not been said before, or at least say them in a different manner. 

No one is likely to obtain many plaudits for the rather obvious, indeed self-evident, thought that a street robber cannot commit street robberies while he is in prison; but an intellectual who first demonstrates that the cause of an increase in street robbery is the increase in the amount of property that law-abiding pedestrians have on them as they walk in the streets is likely to be hailed, at least until the next idea comes along. 

Thus, while there are no penalties for being foolish, there are severe penalties (at least in career terms) for being obvious.

“A former Progressive Conservative MP and Justice Department advisor says the government’s crime legislation will lead to worsening conditions in prisons.”

Good