Smart on Crime Quotes

“We can preserve an individual's crime right to legally own a gun, while regulating on weapons of war.”
― Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer

“...crime is an issue that should be 100% non partisan." George Pratt Schultz”
― Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer

“...officials who don't differentiate between types of crime and just talk tough, about all of it, are really tougher on taxpayers, than they are on crimes. They're not reducing crime." D.A. Ronnie Earle”
― Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer

“Charles 'Joe' Hynes began to remind people: Ultimate goal of law enforcement is not locking people up, but rather increasing public safety.”
― Kamala Harris , Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer

“Violent criminals
"They are emotionally out of control; they are convinced that they are so justified that it isn't even a crime; and/or that they won't get caught, so punishment won't apply. Put more simply, the are so angry, delusional, arrogant, or lacking in moral conscience that they don't care about the punishment".

from Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safe”
― Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer

“When people trespass against others, they must be held accountable so that they become better people.”
― Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer

“Broken windows” became synonymous with a style of policing that more aggressively enforced vandalism and other property crime laws with an eye to shutting down this devolution. The idea was fix problems while they’re still small.”
― Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer

“the ultimate goal of law enforcement is not locking people up, but rather increasing public safety.”
― Kamala Harris, Smart on Crime: A Career Prosecutor's Plan to Make Us Safer