A year to the day since the unrest began in London last August, Mark Johnson, founder of crime reduction charity User Voice, said the response of the government and courts could ultimately lead to more crime, not less.
It has been estimated that sentences totalling 1,800 years in prison were given out in connection with the riots – a proportion of which were handed to young people.
Johnson said the experience of youth custody will make many young people more likely to offend because they won’t be able to get a job and will socialise with other young people in trouble with the law.
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