NO - WILL MCMAHON, senior associate, Crime and Society Foundation
This proposal is Orwellian. The document appears to be based on a flawed analysis of the "known" offending population and contentious studies of "known" criminal careers. However, those who go to prison, and are in the main poor or vulnerable to capture, only represent a fraction of the population who commit crimes. Most crime committed by the middle classes, the wealthy or corporations goes undetected; so what is being suggested is the targeting of poor and vulnerable people.
NO - JEAN GEMMELL, general secretary, Professional Association of Teachers, incorporating the Professional Association of Nursery Nurses
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