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Should Criminals Feel "terror" At The Thought Of Breaking The Law?
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Finally a home sec who tough on the criminal low lives that blight all of us.
Finally a home sec who tough on the criminal low lives that blight all of us.
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And of course, however many people the police manage to intercept and "terrorise", it makes little difference if, when they are up before the Beak (if it gets that far rather than them being handed a "caution") they are given £5 from the poor box and told to behave themselves in future. Sentencing Guidelines need a radical overhaul and need to fit the crime....
11:04 Sat 03rd Aug 2019
Most Home Secs start with this tough rhetoric. Yet to hear one yet who started with a "Criminals are cuddly friends really and you should give them a great big teddy-bear hug" speech.
I don't think there's a point in trying to inspire terror in criminals anyway. Either they aren't going to pay attention, or they were almost certainly not going to commit a crime anyway. That's not to say that we shouldn't look to ensure that sentences properly reflect the sincerity of the crime, and that more resources should be funnelled to catching criminals (and ensuring that the guilty ones are prosecuted). But the "I want them to feel terror" is empty rhetoric.
I don't think there's a point in trying to inspire terror in criminals anyway. Either they aren't going to pay attention, or they were almost certainly not going to commit a crime anyway. That's not to say that we shouldn't look to ensure that sentences properly reflect the sincerity of the crime, and that more resources should be funnelled to catching criminals (and ensuring that the guilty ones are prosecuted). But the "I want them to feel terror" is empty rhetoric.
Just the standard soundbite from a new Home Secretary. They rarely deliver, but good luck to her.
// "The Conservative Party is the party of law and order," Ms Patel said. //
//These 20,000 extra officers will replace the 21,732 police officers lost since 2010, when the Conservatives came to power. //
I did notice that there was no commitment to get crime back down to 2009 levels.
// "The Conservative Party is the party of law and order," Ms Patel said. //
//These 20,000 extra officers will replace the 21,732 police officers lost since 2010, when the Conservatives came to power. //
I did notice that there was no commitment to get crime back down to 2009 levels.
//I don't think there's a point in trying to inspire terror in criminals anyway.//
Quite right. I think what coppers she has left (They stopped publishing voluntary resignations in Police Orders. Thery are leaving in droves) need quite a bit more than inspiration since the tenure of Home Secretary May. Perhaps a sense of worth in what they are expected to achieve whilst one hand tied and the carpet pulled from under them. It is the judiciary that needs a overhaul and sentencing guidelines reviewed.
The coppers are the ones facing the terror these days and they are treading on egg shells trying to tackle it whilst in fear of censure should they make a slight mistake.Firm back up and support from Senior Officers who care more about the men and women who are on the ground rather than contemplating their pension and a knighthood in a cosy office.
I meet with current serving members of a Police Force once a month. It will be telling if I hear reports of a meteoric rise in morale but I won't hold my breath. Certainly more prisons needed with a harsher regime than the lags currently enjoy in the incapable hands of a security company who couldn't handle the London Olympic contract.
Quite right. I think what coppers she has left (They stopped publishing voluntary resignations in Police Orders. Thery are leaving in droves) need quite a bit more than inspiration since the tenure of Home Secretary May. Perhaps a sense of worth in what they are expected to achieve whilst one hand tied and the carpet pulled from under them. It is the judiciary that needs a overhaul and sentencing guidelines reviewed.
The coppers are the ones facing the terror these days and they are treading on egg shells trying to tackle it whilst in fear of censure should they make a slight mistake.Firm back up and support from Senior Officers who care more about the men and women who are on the ground rather than contemplating their pension and a knighthood in a cosy office.
I meet with current serving members of a Police Force once a month. It will be telling if I hear reports of a meteoric rise in morale but I won't hold my breath. Certainly more prisons needed with a harsher regime than the lags currently enjoy in the incapable hands of a security company who couldn't handle the London Olympic contract.
And of course, however many people the police manage to intercept and "terrorise", it makes little difference if, when they are up before the Beak (if it gets that far rather than them being handed a "caution") they are given £5 from the poor box and told to behave themselves in future.
Sentencing Guidelines need a radical overhaul and need to fit the crime. And custodial sentences need to be served in full with time added on for misbehaviour inside. Yes, it will need more prisons. So let's crack on and build them instead of giving money to China and India as "aid".
Sentencing Guidelines need a radical overhaul and need to fit the crime. And custodial sentences need to be served in full with time added on for misbehaviour inside. Yes, it will need more prisons. So let's crack on and build them instead of giving money to China and India as "aid".
//Sentencing Guidelines need a radical overhaul and need to fit the crime. And custodial sentences need to be served in full with time added on for misbehaviour inside. Yes, it will need more prisons. So let's crack on and build them instead of giving money to China and India as "aid". // - bang on judge, BA
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