Posted on 04/10/2006 10:12:50 AM PDT by Jacksonville Patriot
The Public Policy Three Strikes and You're ... in Like Flint By Hal G.P. Colebatch Published 4/10/2006 12:06:30 AM American and British criminologists have long been puzzled and angered by the fact that Britain seems to have learnt nothing from the experience of New York in successfully reducing crime. The big drop in virtually all types of crime in New York has generally been attributed to the zero-tolerance policy associated with Mayor Guiliani. Now Britain, far from adopting zero-tolerance, looks like it's adopting a policy of not prosecuting many serious crimes at all. This is the subject of an official Home Office directive to all British police forces. British police have now been told that instead of arresting a range of serious criminals, they can be let off with a caution. The Home Office says offenses that may now be dealt with by a caution include burglary of a shop or office, threatening to kill, actual bodily harm, and possession of Class A drugs such as heroin or cocaine if police decide a caution would be the best approach. Other crimes including common assault, threatening behavior, sex with an underage girl or boy, and car theft should normally be dealt with by a caution, if the offenders admit their guilt but have no criminal record. London and British crime rates have been increasing for years. Recently total crime rates for London have been estimated at about seven times those of New York for a slightly smaller population and some authorities suggest these figures have been minimized. England and Wales are now accounted by some estimates as the most dangerous places for crime in the developed world.
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I'm not entirely sure what that means exactly, but in my case it will consist of shouting "Halt!" after two warning shots to the torso and one to the head. Well, OK, "Please halt!"
Exactly.....my precise point.....
let disgruntled Brits swarm over the Atlantic and blunt the Mexican INVASION!!
Yes from the "the moon is a harsh mistress"
This is a permanent Get Out Of Jail Free Card.
You'd think. But, it seemed that everyone I met while I lived in England was simply prepared to accept their lot.
The man's a genius.
"looks like our friends across the pond need to rethink this whole anti-gun thing that has been foisted upon their subjects. ( An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject)"
Unless your post is addressed to the Royal family, consider that all of the rest of the English ARE subjects.
A friend almost started a riot in a pub frequented by airline crews ('twas near Heathrow, as I remember) when he defined the difference between an Englishman and an American as "You are a subject, I am a citizen".
Well, OK, "Please halt!"
It is so nice to know that Conservatives are also polite and well mannered - even in moments of stress.
;-)
Typical twat yank, you've made-up your own headline. Sad ****er.
In England, there are street cameras everywhere that bust people for going even 2 mph over the speed limit.
Running out of time at a car park will almost instantly bring a parking ticket.
In other words, England is only interested in policing "crime" that adds revenue to the treasury.
Busting some thug for breaking and entering costs money.
I believe the proper expression is: "in like Flynn".
"In Like Flint" was the name of a movie.
zot
Don't you think that my headline accurately describes the article contents? Also, I didn't know that that word could be used as an adjective.
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