Youth Crime Not A Problem

As more and more chief constables are fast-tracked sociology grads who can speak the language of social work, and fewer and fewer rise from beat officer, we can expect more like this ....

"Mr Strang’s remarks were made even though it was revealed at the conference that youth crime is spiralling. It emerged the number of children referred to the youth system for one offence rose by 20 per cent.

A report also revealed that minor offending was "fairly widespread" among young people, and most of those surveyed had admitted to offending last year.

Bill Aitken, a Conservative MSP, attacked Mr Strang’s comments. He said: "I have to ask what separate universe Mr Strang operates in. "