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    Tough on crime

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7056325.stm

    A man who left a 96-year-old war veteran blind in one eye after attacking him on a packed tram has been given a three-year supervision order.
    Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
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    #2
    Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/london/7056325.stm



    Tough on crime, tough on the causes of crime.
    The same day as there is a story on how there has been a rise in the number of repeat violent offences by people under community supervision orders.

    http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/7056253.stm


    Not really very tough on crime at all I would say.

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      #3
      There are not enough prisons, so Govt leans on the Judicial branch to give less custodial sentencing, perhaps this is linked to some kind of targets related to bonuses. Everyone (almost) wants scumbags to rot in jail, yet few people would like such jail to be near their own house. Maybe it is time to make a deal with some Eastern European country to rent their jails: only prisoners who have very good behavior will move into UK jails.

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        #4
        Originally posted by AtW View Post
        There are not enough prisons, so Govt leans on the Judicial branch to give less custodial sentencing, perhaps this is linked to some kind of targets related to bonuses. Everyone (almost) wants scumbags to rot in jail, yet few people would like such jail to be near their own house. Maybe it is time to make a deal with some Eastern European country to rent their jails: only prisoners who have very good behavior will move into UK jails.
        Can we not just send them to Australia any more?
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          #5
          Originally posted by TheFaQQer View Post
          Can we not just send them to Australia any more?
          No. Australia won't accept anyone with a serious criminal record anymore.

          http://www.immi.gov.au/media/fact-sh...9character.htm

          Which is a damn cheek I think.

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            #6
            Originally posted by zeitghost
            Ah.

            But the offender had a psychological condition...

            And the gaols are full to bursting.
            Prison/loony bin ships. Easy.

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              #7
              I tried to find out what a supervision order actually is, and the only references I find link it to youth criminal justice.

              The attacker in this case was 44.

              I wonder what the given reasons for not imposing a jail sentence were?
              Down with racism. Long live miscegenation!

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                #8
                Originally posted by zeitghost
                Ah.

                But the offender had a psychological condition...

                And the gaols are full to bursting.
                Is there a touch of cynicism in there somewhere?
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                  #9
                  I believe this is the point where we bring up unmined coal reserves around the country.

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