[Guitarded]

(Original post by tamimi)
Hey, social crime is a very loose term that refers to crime that is not down to national/international issues. E.g. Theft, rape, burglary... et cetera.

Oh ok, fair enough. Just that sometimes I think people put 'social' in front of something just to sound intelligent :P

[tamimi]

(Original post by Guitarded)
Oh ok, fair enough. Just that sometimes I think people put 'social' in front of something just to sound intelligent :P

Socially really? That's socially strange.

[Virtus May]

(Original post by Crimmy)
many friends have had incidences where theyve been mugged, had things nicked, or been abused, and the police have done nothing, or send a criminal science unit to the crimescene... 4 months later. this has been because of people knicking bike wheels to nicking expensive power tools etc, worth thousands.

And the police dont do much at all, they just keep a record...

Anyone else sick of this, and want the police to be able to do more?

Or am I and my friends just unlucky with the police in our area?

By 'power', do you mean more authority with the police and less of a say from the public? That could even be counter productive.

[DarkTitan]

Don't think they need more power...just more sense and a person who's down to earth running stuff at the top... haven't had one of those for a while if ever... I mean some people get months for murder whilst others get many many years for robbery?

[Hopple]

(Original post by Crimmy)
many friends have had incidences where theyve been mugged, had things nicked, or been abused, and the police have done nothing, or send a criminal science unit to the crimescene... 4 months later. this has been because of people knicking bike wheels to nicking expensive power tools etc, worth thousands.

And the police dont do much at all, they just keep a record...

Anyone else sick of this, and want the police to be able to do more?

Or am I and my friends just unlucky with the police in our area?

What you've described is police either being too busy or too lazy to do anthying, not necessarily a lack of power.

[Crimmy]

(Original post by Hopple)
What you've described is police either being too busy or too lazy to do anthying, not necessarily a lack of power.

Ah, thats annoying...

[walterwhite123]

(Original post by silverbolt)
funnily enough i havent been to prison. However i do know of two people i used to hang round with in my younger years who did.

Oh and btw i can see where your going with this

Yeah, i'm going exactly there.

[walterwhite123]

(Original post by Captain Haddock)
Too bad that even the toughest prisons are worthless as deterrents and even worse at rehabilitation resulting in high rates of re-offending and that 'hard' policing almost always fosters resentment and tension rather than respect.

What is the re-offending like in the U.S. compared to the U.K.? Prisons are far tougher there.

[silverbolt]

(Original post by walterwhite123)
Yeah, i'm going exactly there.

so what prison were you in then?

[walterwhite123]

(Original post by silverbolt)
so what prison were you in then?

I'm not the one claiming all prisons are soft.

[Captain Haddock]

(Original post by walterwhite123)
What is the re-offending like in the U.S. compared to the U.K.? Prisons are far tougher there.

Bad.

"As reported on BBC Radio 4 on 2 September 2005, the recidivism rates for released prisoners in the United States of America is 60% compared with 50% in the United Kingdom. The report attributed the lower recidivism rate in the UK to a focus on rehabilitation and education of prisoners compared with the US focus on punishment, deterrence and keeping potentially dangerous individuals away from society."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Recidiv...cidivism_rates

[silverbolt]

(Original post by walterwhite123)
I'm not the one claiming all prisons are soft.

Your point being?

Actually never mind - dont bother, you say one thing i say another niether of us have been in prison. So its moot

I just have a very low opinion of this country in general.