Website to allow public to see local criminals

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Permalink Reply by Hugh on March 16, 2009 at 12:10

My concern also, Tom.

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Permalink Reply by Liz on March 16, 2009 at 15:05

and a programme to be able to check with police to see if someone close to your children has a history of sexual offending is also being expanded from a pilot. See this story from the BBC here

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Permalink Reply by Anette on March 22, 2009 at 20:10

I don't see it that way. Why should we not know? If someone want to abuse that infomation then that's obviously wrong and they need to be stopped, but I think it's great that we're able to be aware of what's lurking.

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Permalink Reply by John D on March 23, 2009 at 8:41

"By cutting criminals off from society we will be perpetuating the criminal cycle."
Is that what happened in Australia ? :-) :-)

Seriously, in the days when we had real-life communities and everybody knew everybody in the same street, blah blah you knew who the local thieves were and when someone went to court everybody knew about it. I don't see much difference here. I was convicted of a motoring offence in 1985 and the village still remembers it. That makes sure I don't do it again.

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Permalink Reply by John D on March 23, 2009 at 9:33

Is that what's meant by having the courage of your own convictions ?

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Permalink Reply by Birdy_Too on March 23, 2009 at 9:55

Good god, what next!

I think this is awful, we're getting more neo-conservative than ever, this is frightening.

Whatever happened to serving your time and starting fresh?

Just inject us with a chip at birth and be done with it.

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Permalink Reply by John D on March 23, 2009 at 10:20

I would have thought, actually, that this would be an infringement of the individual's rights. Why is it Brussels always defends the strong against the weak ?

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