Details

Autor(en) / Beteiligte

• Mirza, Munira

Titel

Stop and search is our best weapon

Ist Teil von

• The Spectator (London. 1828), 2018-02

Ort / Verlag

London: The Spectator Limited

Erscheinungsjahr

2018

Quelle

Nexis

Beschreibungen/Notizen

• The Mayor of London, who promised to reduce stop and search during his 2015 campaign, has said that he is keen to learn from Scotland's innovative strategy, which emphasises youth outreach and treats violent crime as if it were a 'disease'. The implication in all of this is that prevention and early intervention with vulnerable young people is more effective than traditional law enforcement. If these initiatives are followed through and crime rates fall again, it may at last encourage a more honest political discussion and give people in authority the confidence to see law enforcement for what it is: a public good, not a societal evil.