KING: Ed Rollins, a tough-on-crime mayor, there, from New York.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 29, 2009] Reference

So it's not a shoot-to-kill policy, but it is a tough-on-crime policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [CNN Transcript Nov 16, 2009] Reference

No grandstanding politicans, no tough-on-crime police chiefs, nothing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sound Politics: America's Mayor in town to support McGavick] Reference

This despite empirical evidence that tough-on-crime has failed in the US.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Politicization of Justice Reform : Law is Cool] Reference

But an appeal from a fellow believer can complicate the tough-on-crime thing.    From Wordnik.com.  [Valerie Tarico: Huckabee Seduced By Cop Killer's Christianity?] Reference

Financial Services Authority as it strives to showcase a new tough-on-crime persona.    From Wordnik.com.  [FSA Loses Latest Insider-Trade Case] Reference

President Clinton replaced a stale talk-on-crime policy with an invigorated tough-on-crime policy.    From Wordnik.com.  [Vp Gore And Joseph Chery Remarks At Youth Initiative] Reference

(To underscore Reagan's tough-on-crime image, Steinbrenner was forced to admit he did something wrong.).    From Wordnik.com.  [Michael Sigman: I Beg Your Pardon] Reference

But virtually none of them will be tried if they can be shot down with a simple tough-on-crime message.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Responses to Comments] Reference

And some of his ideas, like swift and certain punishment, can be reconciled with a tough-on-crime message.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » Responses to Comments] Reference

You still see tough-on-crime legislation being enacted, new legislation that has no effect on existing inmates.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Parked Mustang Test of Environmental Progress] Reference

What comes out of this tough-on-crime talk is a lot of heavy handed suppression that contributes to the problem.    From Wordnik.com.  [Tio Hardiman: To the Next Mayor of Chicago: How to Get Past Sound Bites and End the Violence] Reference

Jerry Brown touts a tough-on-crime record — as California's attorney general, and prior to that as mayor of Oakland.    From Wordnik.com.  [Crime Makes a Comeback in California Politics] Reference

Rather than protecting children effectively, this allocation of resources protects the tough-on-crime image of politicians.    From Wordnik.com.  [Philip N. Cohen: This Halloween, Let's Protect Our Children from Anti-Stranger Hype] Reference

But he quickly backed away from it - limiting himself to "tough-on-crime" rhetoric and very traditional development schemes.    From Wordnik.com.  [Van Jones: Jerry Brown's Biggest "Oops" - & How Oakland Can Bounce Back, Green!] Reference

You still see tough-on-crime legislation being enacted, new legislation that has no effect on existing inmates.ruufflesQuote.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » The Parked Mustang Test of Environmental Progress] Reference

In endorsing Craig, the NYC PBA cited his tough-on-crime record and his long-standing support of local law enforcement agencies.    From Wordnik.com.  [Archive 2007-02-01] Reference

Dallas County has had a string of district attorneys with tough-on-crime reputations stretching back to the legendary Henry Wade.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Exonerator] Reference

As mayor of Baltimore, he received national attention for tough-on-crime credentials in a city that had struggled with homicides.    From Wordnik.com.  [O'Malley is sworn in to second term as Md. governor] Reference

But I think its effect will be negligible until something forces the public to reconsider its fondness for tough-on-crime policies.    From Wordnik.com.  [The Volokh Conspiracy » How to Have Less Crime and Less Punishment] Reference

The effort comes from governors of both parties and could stall decades of tough-on-crime policies that saw state-prison populations boom.    From Wordnik.com.  [States Seek Prison Breaks] Reference

Asked to name the 10 most significant cases over which she presided, Judge Sotomayor chose high-profile sports issues and tough-on-crime decisions.    From Wordnik.com.  [Sotomayor Details Finances, Key Cases] Reference

Weeding and seeding ': While many liberals have converted to tough-on-crime rhetoric, conservatives have viewed discussions about "underlying causes" as a sign of softness.    From Wordnik.com.  [When Left Meets Right] Reference

Not surprisingly, the executives of these for-profit prisons sponsor "tough-on-crime" legislation and even line the pockets of politicians who back "mandatory sentencing" laws.    From Wordnik.com.  [Capitalism's : War on Humanity] Reference

"Bill C-25 marks a significant achievement in implementing our tough-on-crime agenda.".    From Wordnik.com.  [Marketwire - Breaking News Releases]

It is to be hoped that it was not the easy electoral gain that comes from scaring the public into embracing tough-on-crime measures.    From Wordnik.com.  [Cannabis Culture Magazine] Reference