All of our previous experiences lead us to believe that a significant number of habitual offenders, which we sometimes refer to in criminology as chronic petty offenders, would be targeted by this act. Some dangerous offenders targeted by the act would certainly be offenders that eventually would perpetrate violent crimes, but the majority of the offenders, because of the fact that they are over the age of 40, would not represent a serious threat to others.
On November 15th, 2007. See this statement in context.