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Violence: the disease and the vaccine
Author(s) -
Jasay Anthony de
Publication year - 2001
Publication title -
economic affairs
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.24
H-Index - 18
eISSN - 1468-0270
pISSN - 0265-0665
DOI - 10.1111/1468-0270.00274
Subject(s) - political correctness , criminology , law enforcement , enforcement , politics , order (exchange) , political science , law , disease , sociology , medicine , business , finance , pathology
With the rise of political correctness has come a condemnation of all violence. Individuals have been discouraged from deterring violence by threatening violence. Thus society's spontaneous reactions to violent attacks on the civil order have been repressed and official law enforcement is unable to cope with the consequences.