03-06-2007, 10:28 PM
Absolutely. We are clearly dealing with the perception of crime, not the reality. The attack of a 15 year old girl by other teenaged girls with razors for an hour in December was a rare case, I understand, but would not be affected by legislation.
Interestingly, perception of risk is accepted as an acceptable reason both for legislation (e.g. mobile phone whilst driving which was already covered under existing law) and, more importantly, for assigning police effort, which is what effects actual criminal behaviour or drains resources pointlessly, depending.
Some authoritative figures for the UK as a whole would be nice. If they exist, they could theoretically be made public via a parliamentary question from an M.P.
Interestingly, perception of risk is accepted as an acceptable reason both for legislation (e.g. mobile phone whilst driving which was already covered under existing law) and, more importantly, for assigning police effort, which is what effects actual criminal behaviour or drains resources pointlessly, depending.
Some authoritative figures for the UK as a whole would be nice. If they exist, they could theoretically be made public via a parliamentary question from an M.P.
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