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  Marek - it was good to scroll down this page and finally reach the voice of reason in your post!! Offending is much more complex than Mail and Sun readers (I use the term loosely) seem to think. If it were as easy as throwing away the key we wouldn't have so many re-offenders. It really matters that we move past the understandable need for vengeance to see what we need to do to actually achieve reduction of re-offending. Punishment is ok, and has its place - even the most woolly minded sandal wearing muesli chomper can see that! - but it isn't the only factor that will move towards that reduction in crime. The knee jerk reactions of most people simply don't help and don't work. There are people out there, some of whom I know, who are very skilled at doing what they do and achieve results, but because their approach doesn't appease the majority tabloid voters they struggle to get funding - a real waste and a shame, because they could really impact on crime reduction in the long term. The kind of ignorance-based opinions aired on soem forums like this do not help - if we really want to reduce re-offending and not just spout off and feel superior we need to actually think and listen.

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