.THERE are actually criminal offenses, Kamala Harris once composed, and then there are actually "criminal offense problems". As a district attorney coming from 1990 to 2004, Ms Harris charged suspects one at a time. But as the area lawyer (DA) of San Francisco, from 2004 to 2010, and attorney-general of California, coming from 2011 to 2017, she thought of the larger picture: crime deterrence, public protection as well as social sickness. In her presidential initiative she is highlighting each parts of her curriculum vitae. Because going into national politics in 2016 she has actually called herself both a "top police officer" and a "dynamic district attorney". Which is it?