Interesting, Belfast, Northern Ireland has an very very low rate of crime.
The paramilitary groups take on a civic vigilante role kick butt (aka
shotgun to the kneecaps for selling "hard" drugs).
When I studied there, I'd never heard of a mugging or petty crimes.
The worst I heard of was kids stealing cars for joyriding.
But then again, there's a hug number of police per capita so I'm sure that's
a part of it.
-----Original Message-----
From: Raymond Camden [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
Sent: Friday, September 21, 2001 8:20 AM
To: CF-Community
Subject: RE: The Israel/Palestinian conflict
> The Israeli government has managed to create within in it's
> own borders a virtually crime-free society (I am not talking
> about the crimes related to the Palestinian/Israeli conflict,
> I am talking about crimes of Israeli's against other
> Israeli's). During the two 1/2 years I was there the only
> crime that I ever heard or read about was a purse snatching
> in a local mall. People did not murder, rape, or beat each
> other up. This was not because security was so high, it was
> because people just do not do that kind of thing. I think
> this says something very positive about Israelis that we
> Americans could learn from.
>
This is perhaps a bit off topic, but can you elaborate more on this? I
had never heard this before - is there anything in particular the
Israelis do promote a (virtually) crime free society? Are punishments
for crimes very severe?
-RC
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