Cops And Robbers

[dunnitall]

Did anyone see this programme last night on Channel 4? I only saw it after it started...good grief! This stokesy person amongst others.....well what can one say really? Would like to know what others thought and if this is really just the tip of the iceberg, do you despair for the future when it could be the 'norm' nowadays rather than the exception?

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/culture/tvandradio/tv-and-radio-reviews/11082536/Cops-and-Robbers-Channel-4-review-inside-a-life-of-crime.html

[Svejk]

good word, despair. I've seen loads of similar programmes lately. I don't know the answer. Tougher sentencing and prisons?

[aelmpvw]

the world's gone mad, 'stokesy' will probably be on celebrity big brother next year ...

[dunnitall]

Sv, probably part of the answer and also better parenting, more discipline maybe, but then I'm of the 'old school'. Ael...yep you're right the world has gone mad, the wotsits have taken over the asylum! As for Big Brother, I'm sure you're right and maybe even that and similar programmes have added to the ills of society where anything goes, hmmm.

[TWR]

SV, yes, there is an answer, give them a sentence they will never forget, in a Prison that has no Luxury, TV / Gym / & a Judge that knows how to dish out a sentence not a holiday, why do you think these clowns keep going back in? have you seen the likes of Thai Prisons? that's what you call a sentence, sleep on the floor.

[dunnitall]

Can only agree TWR, it does need a deterrent, even 'stokesy' last night said he didn't want another tag, he wanted to goto prison to be with his mates and have everything he usually gets in there! From the horses mouth and still authorities don't seem to understand they need to do the proper thing to stop reoffending.