Young Thugs

Michael Chettleburgh, author of ‘Young Thugs,’ talks about the suburbanization of gangsters, what’s really going on in Metro Vancouver and the Harper government’s proposed gang legislation

Stephen Harper, yesterday. “First of all, we know that those who have traditionally advocated soft-on-crime policies will continue to oppose this kind of legislation It is essential for deterrence to have strong penalties that we know will be enforced … The truth of the matter is, those who say that tougher penalties on perpetrators will not work don’t want them to work, because they don’t believe in this kind of approach … les soi-disons ‘experts’ s’opposent à ces législations, ce sont les experts qui nous ont donné la situation actuelle.”