Be It Proposed: All Criminologists be sentenced to 10 years in prison.
"What we need to target on is the use of handguns, especially by gangs," [Justice Minister Vic Toews] said. "That is what C-10 is really focused on. The areas of increase in gun crime is specifically the use of handguns by gangs."However, criminologist Neil Boyd argued against Toews' prescription.
"We can talk about punishment but we have to recognize that these are young men willing to use handguns on their opponents," he said.
"They are not in the least deterred by whether they're going to have four or eight years or a life in prison."
To test the hypothesis: "That, while incarcerated, the statistical likelihood that an offender will commit a second crime involving the use of a handgun approaches zero".
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