Sentences with phrase «as less crime»

These kinds of interventions typically produce cognitive gains that last a few years and then fade — but, more important, also produce better life outcomes, such as less crime, fewer teenage pregnancies, higher high school graduation rates, and higher incomes.

Home office minister Vernon Coaker countered that the vast majority of rapes are committed by men who know their victims, «so this type of rape is the biggest problem we have to deal with - not something to be dismissed as a lesser crime».

Our penal code has its roots in the English common law, which — guided by premodern medical science — saw the killing of an unborn fetus not as murder but as a lesser crime.

For example, 33 of 50 U.S. states regard spousal rape as a lesser crime with the perpetrator charged with related crimes such as assault, battery or spousal abuse.9 In some countries, women are even criminalized for the behavior perpetrated against them.

Not exact matches

As a blogger for The Economist points out, mid-sized cities score better than megacities because they tend to have less crime and congestion.

Timor - Leste, for instance, addressed its war of 1974 to 1999 by undertaking Community Reconciliation Panels for crimes less than rape and murder, such as arson, beating, and theft.

I can not point to studies as to why Atheists / agnostics commit less crime, etc; I can only point to many studies that prove that is the case.

Indeed, numerous studies prove atheists and agnostics to be less prone to crime and divorce and other social ills, as well as being more compassionate (less supportive of torture, capital punishment and so forth).

This legally questionable action risks escalating further, as US defence secretary James Mattis has admitted, an already devastating conflict and therefore makes real accountability for war crimes and use of chemical weapons less, not more likely.»

As sociologist George Yancey has declared, perhaps these crimes would be less frequent if we focused on the lives that had been lived rather than the killer who ended them.

Same as the if «we want less crime in the boarder states we need to start tossing all Hispanics back over the boarder, citizens or not.»

Pre-trial intervention is not unusual for first - time and non-violent offenders — with good representation, anyway — and can be compared to deferred prosecution, as both paths allow those accused of crimes to pay lesser penalties and avoid convictions and incarceration while satisfying other conditions asked for by prosecutors and set by courts.

Jack's middling performance at Koln was hampered IMO — as his usual partner - in - crime — Giroud — seemed less - mobile and less involved; likely from the thigh injury picked up on international duty.

If it is a less serious crime, then the lesson graffiti, possession of marijuana or alcohol they are probably going to be given a citation and you as a parent is given a citation and two of you are going to go to court together.

Thus, corporal punishment in a high crime neighborhood as part of a controlling parenting style is more likely to be part of the parents» efforts to assure their children's safety, and less a part of the parents» need for control and authority.

Stymied on his top immigration initiatives, Trump is making good on one plan that critics denounce as fearmongering and misleading: opening an office for victims of crimes committed by immigrants, although studies show immigrants are less likely to commit crimes than native - born citizens.

«I'd even go so far as to say that were you to tell the public that if you decriminalised heroin and cocaine and that therefore there would be less crime, they would, at first, say they didn't like it — but if it worked there'd be support.»

«When investigations of lesser political crimes than trying to buy someone off the ballot are noted daily, it shows arrogance of power when friends of Jerrold Nadler would try to break the law themselves,» Rosenberg, 30, who describes himself as a «start - up and social entrepreneur,» said in a statement.

Today they paint him as being less than honest on knife crime.

As elected president, he founded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with the volcanic Nuhu Ribadu as first chairman, thus mainstreaming the War Against Corruption; as well as the ICPC, to lesser applausAs elected president, he founded the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), with the volcanic Nuhu Ribadu as first chairman, thus mainstreaming the War Against Corruption; as well as the ICPC, to lesser applausas first chairman, thus mainstreaming the War Against Corruption; as well as the ICPC, to lesser applausas well as the ICPC, to lesser applausas the ICPC, to lesser applause.

ALBANY — A proposal to end cash bail for lower - level crimes will likely not be considered as part of the state's estimated $ 170 billion budget, top lawmakers said Sunday as they continued closed - door talks less than a week before the budget deadline.

In response, Heastie said that was incorrect; he supports family court for lesser crimes, such as property damage.

The problem — one the government could have dealt with easily if it had the sense — was that a cannabis warning counted as a completed crime, no different from having solved a murder or a burglary but obviously far less taxing.

It consists of pistol permit applicants, license applicants such as bus drivers and those arrested for lesser crimes.

NYC 25 yr gun - related violence decline, continuing this year, clearly shows that fewer guns have resulted in dramatically less gun related violence of all types, much as the 10 yr ban on assault weapons lowered crime involving that weapon,» Bratton wrote.

And he says as fewer people are convicted and sentenced for lesser drug crimes, the inmate population overall has grown more violent and dangerous.

For example, 28 percent of US - born Latinos said they are less likely to contact police officers if they have been the victim of a crime because they fear that police officers will use this interaction as an opportunity to inquire into their immigration status or that of people they know.

He also says as fewer people are convicted and sentenced for lesser drug crimes, the inmate population overall has grown more violent and dangerous.

Ms. Noerdlinger's boyfriend problem is just more grist for the mill for Mr. Mullins and other union leaders, who are spinning the idea that the mayor's reforms are making the city less safe — Mr. Mullins going so far as to place a paid advertisement in newspapers urging the Democratic National Convention not to come to town because New York is «lurching backwards to the bad old days of high crime, danger - infested public spaces, and families that walk our streets worried for their safety.»

Flint raised the issue again later in an adjournment debate tonight, arguing that singling out rape defendants for anonymity carried the clear inference that rape victims were less reliable, less credible and less trustworthy than victims of other violent crimes, such as domestic violence or child abuse.

U.S. District Senior Judge Thomas J. McAvoy will rely on federal sentencing guidelines if he sentences Scarborough, and must publicly state his justifications if he sentences the lawmaker to less or more time than are called for in the guidelines, which take into account factors such as a defendant's criminal history and acceptance of responsibility for their crimes.

Researchers are exploring that possibility and other crime - fighting techniques that rely less on human judgment and more on big data crunching such as an algorithm that predicts an offender's risk of committing another crime.

Even after making statistical allowances for factors such as psychiatric disorders, economic status, and prior violent acts, they found that those who watched 1 to 3 hours of TV per day were about 60 % more likely to get in a serious fight, threaten someone, or use a weapon to commit a crime than those who watched less than an hour a day.

Young adults who deem themselves «spiritual but not religious» are more likely to commit property crimes — and to a lesser extent, violent ones — than those who identify themselves as either «religious and spiritual» or «religious but not spiritual,» according to Baylor University researchers.

As law enforcement agencies, community organizations, and public health officials work to develop effective crime - prevention strategies, new research from the University of Iowa finds that individuals who report being victims of crime to police are less likely to become future victims of crime than those who do not report their initial experiences.

According to the study, crime dropped as a result of the reform largely because the police — feeling less budgetary pressure — felt free to arrest more suspects, many of whom would have gotten off in the past with a warning.

It's clear virtually from the get - go that filmmaker Todd Phillips is looking to transform this true - life tale into a Martin Scorsese - like crime drama, as evidenced by War Dogs» less - than - subtle visuals and almost paint - by - numbers rise - and - fall structure.

What is significant about that character is how he conforms to McDonagh's skepticism, bordering on revulsion, regarding the worship of authority and / or uniforms, whether they are worn by cops or soldiers, all of whom he sees as rendered less human by the tasks we give them, and who in turn reduce our humanity by the crimes they commit.

The Silence of the Lambs (Jonathan Demme, 1991) In the face of grotesque sequels, lesser prequels and numerous parodies, The Silence of the Lambs still stands as a cinematic work of art among crime dramas.

He showed a brief spark in 2008 with his Spanish installment, «Vicky Cristina Barcelona,» but the aging director is sadly less than a pale shadow of the auteur / performer who enthralled audiences in the «70s, «80s, and even the early «90s with masterful comedies such as «Annie Hall,» «Crimes and Misdemeanors,» and «Husbands and Wives.»

His older and wiser (not to mention less crass) partner in crime, played touchingly by Brendan Gleeson, serves as the perfect counterpart to Farrell's character.

The film, set in 1996, follows Tutu, played by Forest Whitaker (wearing a prosthetic nose that becomes less distracting as the strength of his performance becomes clear), as he finds himself confronting a man who seems unwilling to repent for his crimes and unworthy of forgiveness.

Don Siegel's The Killers (1964) is less remake than re-imagined tribute, with John Cassavetes in the Lancaster role (this time he's a reckless race - car driver), Angie Dickinson as the seductive femme fatale, and Ronald Reagan as the crime boss pulling their strings, but this time the focus is on the killers themselves.

He's appeared in everything from Big - budget Hollywood productions (he was solid as Jack Nicholson's second - in - command in Scorsese's The Departed) to lesser - known independent features (Face was a sturdy, if somewhat forgettable crime drama).

Pusher more or less tracks with Refn's original movie, but also variously recalls Guy Ritchie's crime capers (though not as labyrinthine and outlandish), Andrew Dominik's Killing Them Softly (though not as steeped in sociopolitical statement) and many, many other similar works.

Red Riding: 1980 follows more or less the same formula as the first installment: an illicit sexual relationship complicates an investigation of, and provides a disturbing commentary on, a series of grisly crimes against women.

As just desserts for shooting off at the mouth, the chief assigns him a new partner, «Hutch» (Wilson, The Big Bounce), who has a less ambitious approach to fighting crime, sometimes using his position to be a part of it.

UNDP found that less than five per cent of female youth reported crimes such as sexual violence, rape, abduction, and forced detention to the authorities.

In general, high - risk male youth commit about 50 percent less crime as a result of winning the school - choice lottery.

In general, high - risk students commit about 50 percent less crime as a result of winning a school choice lottery.