I like the sound of this as long as these words are acted upon .For the rioters to have to face their victims and be seen to be fixing the mess they made may have a impact on some of them because of the humiliation factor ,i think it should be extended to other crimes as well
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"Victims of crime are only truly protected if punishment leads to criminals not committing crime again. Criminals must be punished and then made to change their ways," Mr Clegg said.
"That's why those people who behaved so despicably last week should have to look their victims in the eye.
"They should have to see for themselves the consequences of their actions and they should be put to work cleaning up the damage and destruction they have caused so they don't do it again," he added.
In a wider measure, every offender will be greeted by someone from the work programme when they leave jail from March 2012, he explained.
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