Who is Willie Horton, and what role did he play in politicizing correctional policy?

What will be an ideal response?


• Willie Horton was a furloughed inmate who committed murder while he lived in a halfway house. During the 1988 presidential campaign, George H. W. Bush successfully used the public's fear of crime as a campaign tool against his opponent, the then governor of Massachusetts Michael Dukakis. Bush used campaign ads presenting Dukakis as soft on crime for allowing the Massachusetts furlough program and suggesting that it led to Horton's crime. This represented a watershed event in the politicization of correctional policy.

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Answer the following statement true (T) or false (F)

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