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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
My main concern is that without officers on the beat, crime will sore.
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Depends how many beat officers they are cutting. As I understand it, they have said they are cutting 2,500 posts but have not said where.
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Originally Posted by Arthurgray50@blu
Everyday in the news you hear of yobos running riot on estates, giving grief to old people that cannot defend themself, it is about time this country realises that crime will increase due to these cutbacks and it will get worse.
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It's not only lack of police causing that. In fact, I would argue that lack of police is not the cause at all. I doubt that anyone thinks "Oh, as there are fewer police around, I'll go and smack that old lady opposite about".
There are many probable causes for yob culture (I won't put "today's" because I don't think yob culture is anything new).
I would suspect the main cause of yob culture is simply that a lot of parents do not attempt to engage with their children, just leaving the kids to go out with their friends, and learn how to behave from them. The limited engaging the parents do is limited to shouting at them when they have done something wrong.
Another thing is that I think kids need access to some sort of strong authority figure. In some households, it's the father, but it can just as easily be anyone else.
I say Authority figure, and put like that, it looks a little sinister. It isn't (necessarily). Kids need someone to set them boundries. Undoubtedly, sometimes they will overstep them, but teach the kid correctly and you won't need to punish them for doing that.
Will Police cuts cause crime rates to rise? Depends how they are handled, and what other measures are in place at the time (such as PCSOs).