Britain Tough on Crime? - by David Fraser Paperback

About the Book

Newspaper headlines how Britain's justice system is no deterrent to criminals and how changes in sentencing policy over the last seventy years have have led to more crime.

Book Synopsis

Britian Tough on Crime? provides numerous examples of Britains Newspaper headlines which illustrate that: - community supervision and offender rehabilitation programs do not work;- Crime is a choice not a disease and the anti-prison ideology of our justice elite provides criminals with a licence to offend;- leniency encourages crime;- our justice system is indifferent to the impact that crime has on victims and the public sentencers ignore the evidence that prison works to protect the public;- sentencing has become an empty ritual;- many judges are out of touch with the effects crime has on the public;- the last 60 years of sentencing policy in the UK has made crime easier, safer and more rewarding; Britain has been made a land fit for criminals; Britian Tough on Crime? reveals the justice system's preoccupation with the criminal and indifference to victims and the public.