Does being tough on crime work? | AUT Crime Matters

Welcome to Auckland University of Technology’s (AUT) Research Matters! 🚀 AUT’s Research Matters video series is where AUT academics answer everyday questions about their fields of expertise. Get the answer to those questions you’ve always had – or maybe never knew to ask. You asked, and we answered! Are you worried that crime seems to be through the roof and don’t know what to do about it? Concerned that violent offenders don’t seem to be held to account? In today’s episode, Grace Gordon, criminologist and lecturer at AUT – an expert in what causes crime – is here to answer your questions. Chapters Introduction 0:00 Is crime actually increasing in New Zealand? 0:26 Do we have a lot of people in prison in New Zealand? 1:13 Who are these people in our prisons? 2:17 How much does this cost us? 3:10 Does being tougher on crime make people think twice before committing crime? 4:08 What are the consequences of being tough on crime? 4:41 Why are tough-on-crime policies so popular? 5:15 Is there a better way? 5:47 Can we afford a care-based approach? 6:20 What about the victims’ point of view? 6:36 Aren’t some people just bad and need to be punished? 7:03 If people who commit a crime aren’t in prison, doesn’t that put me at risk? 7:47 What about people who say prison helped them? 8:40 📖Read Grace Gordon’s article about having a care-based society on AUT’s website: https://www.aut.ac.nz/news/stories/reframing-the-crime-debate 🔗 Check out more about Grace Gordon: https://academics.aut.ac.nz/grace.gordon #AUTUniversity #ResearchMatters #NZ #CrimeNZ #CrimeLawsNZ