Historian and Deputy Leader of UKIP, the excellent Paul Nuttall, points out in Christian Soldiers - UKIP that crime is a moral issue and furthermore is more to do with 'summat for nowt' societies than poverty.
His winning point is that in the terrible poverty of the 30s in the UK - CRIME ACTUALLY DROPPED!
To this, I might add my experience in the magistracy to indicate that disposals (I cannot call them punishments) do not reflect the crimes committed.
Poverty may be an issue but there are at least two things higher in the pecking order.
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