tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post113947282033178287..comments2024-03-18T08:42:14.224+00:00Comments on UK Commentators: More Snowdrops From The Curate's GardenLabanhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12031578024191117985noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1139613541690056222006-02-10T23:19:00.000+00:002006-02-10T23:19:00.000+00:00Where’s the data which proves re-offending is lowe...<I>Where’s the data which proves re-offending is lower when non-custodial alternatives are employed? </I><BR/><BR/>The contrary data is in US experience.<BR/><BR/>Most US states have lower crime rates than today's UK, with a lot more prisoners locked up for longer terms in US prisons.<BR/><BR/>-- david.davenport.1@netzero.comAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1139538132171541412006-02-10T02:22:00.000+00:002006-02-10T02:22:00.000+00:00The statistics that 'prove' non custodial sentence...The statistics that 'prove' non custodial sentences have lower reoffending rates are provided by the probation service of course. ;)<BR/><BR/>I think that Private Eye had something on this a while back; the probation service used all sorts of ways to fiddle the numbers until they gave the desired result.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1139526293907850292006-02-09T23:04:00.000+00:002006-02-09T23:04:00.000+00:00A quote from your link,Mr Clarke told the Commons:...A quote from your link,<BR/><BR/><EM>Mr Clarke told the Commons: "Prison does not work in stopping re-offending."</EM><BR/><BR/>Sorry to post the obvious, but this stupid mantra of the left has been repeated so many times that many people actually believe it, and every time that I see this comment I cannot resist making three points.<BR/><BR/>Prison is near 100% effective when the scum are behind bars.<BR/><BR/>If they re-offend on release then put them back in for a longer sentence.<BR/><BR/>Where’s the data which proves re-offending is lower when non-custodial alternatives are employed?<BR/><BR/>(I’ve yet to get an answer to the last point.)Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11417905646183474475noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1139521674981119312006-02-09T21:47:00.000+00:002006-02-09T21:47:00.000+00:00All is double-plus good in Air Strip One...All is double-plus good in Air Strip One...James G.https://www.blogger.com/profile/00511308680162784112noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1139479336624402432006-02-09T10:02:00.000+00:002006-02-09T10:02:00.000+00:00"While sent with the good intention of reducing cr...<I>"While sent with the good intention of reducing crime, the letter... was a mistake and incorrect"<BR/><B>Supt Nick Hazelton</B></I><BR/><BR/>Good grief. So the police force now think that they can reduce crime just by stopping people from reporting it. What kind of strange existential reality does paperwork and statistics have for these idiots?Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5187043.post-1139477808991531242006-02-09T09:36:00.000+00:002006-02-09T09:36:00.000+00:00I had my go at the CofE here, but the important po...I had my go at the CofE <A HREF="http://nataliesolent.blogspot.com/2006_02_05_nataliesolent_archive.html#113943675321088261" REL="nofollow">here</A>, but the important point I really had to make about that story was that the BBC cannot spell "descendants."Nataliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12041839419953235238noreply@blogger.com