Gnads wrote on Jan 23
rd, 2023 at 10:45am:
greggerypeccary wrote on Jan 23
rd, 2023 at 10:32am:
Gnads wrote on Jan 23
rd, 2023 at 9:19am:
Time to put in place some serious consequences.
Do you believe harsher penalties will deter other would-be criminals?
Well the progressive softly softly counselling approach has been a dismal failure .....
the skyrocketing rate of juvenile crime is testament to that.
Yes. I agree that the current approach to youth crime is obviously
not working, and needs new, serious reconsideration.
One of the major issues is the lax approach from magistrates, who
invariably focus on the rehabilitation of the youthful transgressor at
the expense of his/her victims. All too often, these young criminals
are already on probation for previous criminal convictions, and should
instead have been in a youth detention facility.
And again, too many of these young offenders know they'll get off
lightly—often pleading physically abusive childhoods, drug abuse,
depressive disorders, alcoholic parents or absent parents, or peer
group pressures etc. All of which is neither here nor there from the
perspective of their victims—it doesn't assuage the often life changing
effects they suffer from assaults or home invasions or other crimes
of violence.
My solution would be immediate incarceration in a youth detention
centre for any crime involving (say) physical violence, vehicle theft,
property damage and arson, aggravated burglary, gang violence,
sexual assault etc.
I know people say jailing isn't effective, and often exacerbates the
already antisocial mindset of the offender, and can also lead to the
negative effects of contact with more hardened criminals.
But... jailing them undeniably prevents them from committing further
crimes against innocent parties. Which is why so often bail is a failure.
And isn't the protection of law abiding citizens and their property the
foremost factor here? It has to be.
Got to agree with that.