Shock the criminals - improve society ?
The Home Secretary Jacqui Smith, (remember, sheās the one who claims that crime is not increasing and who wore the bullet proof vest to take a stroll around the streets ā see my blog 3rd July āWalk on Byā ) is making some plans again. She is planning to āshock young people who carry knives into a greater awareness of the impact of stabbing on victimsā BBC News today. These plans include visits to hospitals where people are being treated for knife wounds. Now, call me too sensitive, but the last person that I would want to see when I am laid in my hospital bed trying to recover physically and mentally from a criminal, violent act committed on an innocent person, is a person who has committed a crime of this nature. I am 100% certain that the only shock factor would be on MY part. As most people who know me (and many who don't) are aware, I and my family have been victims of knife crime (I was lucky to not have the knife actually used on me, just a fist) I donāt want to dwell on ...