Durham's Police and Crime Commissioner Ron Hogg predicts it will face "pockets of resistance" from the public and some police officers but insists it is not "soft justice".
Hey, Ron, if it quacks like a duck and walks like a duck...
"At the heart of this is the individual and a lot of individuals commit crime because of the situation they find themselves in.
“If we can take them away from crime, make their lives better and have them contribute to society, that’s reason enough to do it.”
*speechless*
Peter Cuthbertson, director of the Centre for Crime Prevention and Conservative Parliamentary candidate for Darlington said: “The notion that prolific criminals will stop offending if only we would give them a chance to do some manual labour has been done to death - it's a nice idea that just doesn't work.
"Ron Hogg should concern himself less with the cost of putting prolific offenders in prisons and more with the very real dangers of keeping them on the streets in places like Darlington. Prison protects the public and has a lower reoffending rate than soft justice alternatives."
Maybe the Durham voters should have elected this chap instead?
The initiative, developed in conjunction with the University of Cambridge...
ReplyDeleteNuff said... *rolls eyes*
And there's me thinking that criminals commit crime because it's easier and quicker to take from those who have rather than to work honestly for what you need.
ReplyDeleteBut then, as that also seems to be the modus operandi of HMRC and the state in general, perhaps we should look at the examples set...
Pity Australia doesn't accept them any more, criminals and crime commissioners. BTW does he interpret his title as a commissioner of crimes ie one who encourages their being committed?
ReplyDeleteCrime Commissioners, what a wonderful tax payer funded idea that was..................
ReplyDelete"If we can take them away from crime, make their lives better and have them contribute to society"
ReplyDeleteDoes he mean, just to pick a couple of policy ideas at random, educating them (for free) and giving their parent(s) money to help with their upbringing?
I wonder if these have ever been tried? I mean, if it's a problem of the state not being sufficiently hands-on (rather than plain fecklessness and lack of personal responsibility and morals), then surely this should do the trick.
What a wanker!
ReplyDelete"Nuff said... *rolls eyes*"
ReplyDeleteIf academic research suggests it, we should think twice. And once again, for luck!
"But then, as that also seems to be the modus operandi of HMRC and the state in general..."
Heh! Good point.
"Crime Commissioners, what a wonderful tax payer funded idea that was......"
It could have been, had decent people wanted the job.