The Government Can Secure Our Rights By Encouraging Marriage

In a previous post I did a study on marriage and its effects at reducing crime. I am not a professional so I decided to look if any more qualified individuals did such a research. What I found is an 2002 article in the University of Florida News that may explain why marriage has such an effect on crime. Below is a summation of why this is so.

In a study of paroled men, the UF research team found that the most hardened ex-cons were far less likely to return to their crooked ways if they settled down into the routines of a solid marriage, said Alex Piquero, a UF professor of criminology and law who led the study.

This tendency to stay on the straight and narrow was common among whites, blacks and Hispanics, according to the study published in the September issue of the journal Social Science Quarterly.

Crime deprives the victims of their natural human rights and according to the Declaration of Independence it is the job of the United States government to secure these rights. I can think of several ways one way is advertising while another is legislation. My hypothesis is that a combination of the two would be more effective than either by itself.