One of the things we've found from experts in the criminal system, and not just for this, is the huge proportion of repeat offending, whether they're caught or not. It is solved by doing something to stop recidivism when we have these people at our fingertips, such as treatment, even mental health treatment, and so on. I was a bit disappointed that no witnesses talked about how you cure the root of the problem as opposed to just giving another ticket. I wonder if anyone wants to comment on things that can be done to actually eliminate people offending in the first place, or at least reoffending once we have them in our hot little hands.
On February 12th, 2008. See this statement in context.