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Surely this whole thread is focussed on the wrong premise: that increased legislation stops crime?
I certainly didn't mean to suggest that legislation is a better way towards reducing crime than increasing social justice. I'm also well aware of the funding cuts the police are suffering.
I am, however, not hopeful that the more important and wider-ranging improvements will happen anytime soon.
Oliver Schick-
Yes, I saw that Guardian article too. Maybe it's time to start privatising the police force too (alongside the health service, that is)??
But seriously...
I am, however, not hopeful that the more important and wider-ranging improvements will happen anytime soon.
They certainly won't if we don't at the very least talk about a better alternative. Better still we get out and do something (I'm a fine one to talk, I know - I don't even live in the UK anymore!): protest, agitate, raise awareness of a better / different way... the world (to me) is a much more worrying place than it was 10 or even 20 years ago - but 30 years ago and I thought it was all shit too (middle of thatcher's eighties) and it did definitely get better after that. So there is always some hope.
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Oliver Schick:
Surely this whole thread is focussed on the wrong premise: that increased legislation stops crime?
I'd like to suggest that perhaps, if there was some kind of hope for these kids - that one day they might have jobs, homes, a decent salary, some life security - then they might not want to take the huge risks that are involved in (moped-facilitated) crime.
Of course, I may just be living in a fantasy world, but from what I see increased inequalities between those who have the opportunities (most of the people posting on this forum, I'd imagine - but, particularly, the ruling classes within our society) and those who don't (viz, the ones who participate in "criminal" behaviours) are the real reasons behind increased violence in society. And, until we start talking about and acknowledging such inequalities, things are unlikely to get much better....
Anyway, just my 2 cents.