Sentence examples for encourage criminal behavior from inspiring English sources

To combat crime we need to focus on two fronts: addressing poverty and social issues that encourage criminal behavior, and catching and punishing criminals.

Some, such as Nebraska Senator Bill Kintner, have argued that food stamps only encourage criminal behavior.

Not only are drug felonies unreasonably singled out for endless punishment, but defenders of food stamp bans have it backwards if they believe that food stamps encourage criminal behavior.

The Mayor has said graffiti encourages criminal behavior and sends a message that we do not care about our city.

But some in the pensions industry are warning that those changes will also encourage criminal activity.

Some would argue that this encourages a habit, but we encourage a habit and criminal behavior by locking up nonviolent drug offenders who are immersed even more greatly into a drug culture.

They would encourage spouses to report criminal behavior and clear the way for military judges or jury panels to impose heavier sentences.

While offenders are indeed serving time as punishment for crimes they've committed, all of the men at HM Prison Berwyn will eventually be released into their communities, and the guiding belief at the "super prison" is that those released should be ready and able to lead productive and sustainable lives, and won't re-enter an environment that encourages their previous criminal behaviors.

Essentially, the story shows that the relationships between prisoners turn a relatively minor offender into a major one and foster, even encourage, a wide variety of violent, corrupt, and criminal behavior.

This was compounded by the criminal behavior of key financial players on Wall Street and corporate banks that encouraged massive speculative borrowing and high-risk lending practices.

While investigators did not find any criminal behavior by the group, officials have recently begun to discipline such cliques because of concerns that they encourage unethical, ganglike and violent behavior and hurt the department's reputation, particularly in black and Latino neighborhoods.