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Crime strategies
The Conservative platform includes a promise to consolidate twelve crime bills in to at lease one omnibus bill and pass it within 100 days forming a majority government. The bills included within that list would crack down on organized drug crime, end house arrest for violent criminals and establish tougher sentences and mandatory jail time for sexual offences against children. The crime bills however were not costed fully, and the opposition parties countered that this would create a US style system of prisons. The Conservatives have not released the costs for expanding the prison system. The other parties state that more focus should be given on crime prevention, so that it doesn't happen in the first place. The New Democratic Party (NDP) stated that their promise to hire 2,500 more police officers to patrol the streets, will help in preventing crime from occurring in the first place. Neil Boyd, a professor at SFU's school of criminology, called Layton's promises "careless" and lacking in specifics. Boyd was quoted as saying "I think he (Layton) is trying to be all things to all people. He's throwing money at prevention, but he's not actually telling us which specific programs work, how they work and why they're worth putting money into."