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Originally Posted by Dario  You're essentially advocating that 'repeat offenders' are spied on? Sure, there's nothing remotely authoritarian about that at all. |
The quote I read referred to people on their
3rd ASBO*. So they are likely going to be the people who are going to be nothing but a nuisance to everyone else. And if following them for a few days to stop them committing more anti-social crimes works, then I'm all for it. They are probably also going to be the kind of people who won't be able to dislike the police any more for some more visible policing. And if the study has shown it to reduce crime then I can't really complain.
The way the stuff is worded is terrible, but ignoring that I can just about see the point.
The thing about being extra vigilant for things like TV license, car tax/insurance, council tax, benefit fraud etc for people who have ASBO's makes sense (despite being described terribly), since I'm sure statisically they have a higher chance of avoiding these things, and I can't say I'll be particularly upset about them getting a tiny bit of "harrassment"
It has the potiential to go tits up, or lead to a police state if its not properly controlled, but on the whole I'm for it, I think.
*I still remain entirely unconvinced on the whole ASBO thing though. Its better than a couple of warnings, and there really ought to be something else pre-jail, so maybe the ASBO is it, if they were at all likely to be enforced or had any real standing. On the flip side, since ASBOs seem to be dished out for all kinds of nonsense, maybe they shouldn't have too much weighting.
