Campus safety

Click on the title for the article. Since it is an opinion piece in a regional paper, I'm not sure how long you'll be able to access it.

A friend sent me this . . . because we have discussed my ideas about "feel good security" and token acts to appear that we want to make changes in the crime rate . . . especially violent crime against women. Politically, it makes good press to say you're against violence against women . . . like rape, stalking, and domestic abuse . . . but in reality, we still worry more about homeless pets than we do victims of violent crime.

This op-ed piece reminds me of a NPR story I heard years ago about men on death row. The commenter observed that every man on death row he'd interviewed had a history of violence prior to the act that got them to death row. If we take the "milder" forms of violence (meaning anything short of murder) more seriously . . . offering substantial jail terms for violence and long-term, ongoing supervision . . . we might have a less violent society in the long run. And, then we wouldn't be so worried about the crazy guy getting a gun.