I like this idea, Jamie. A while back I speculated whether community CCTV would be better used by awarding people brownie points for good behaviour rather than taking part in a “Give that youngster an ASBO, vote now!” process.
Years ago there was a lot of support for the idea that there should be a good behaviour bond. I think the idea was that if people made it through to their 18th birthday without having encountered the criminal justice system, then they should receive a lump sum of 2000 pounds (I think).
You may even have some historical precedent in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. I think it was the Lilliputians who rewarded their inhabitants for keeping the law as well as punishing those who broke it.
tonyplant
January 27, 2006 - 11:55I like this idea, Jamie. A while back I speculated whether community CCTV would be better used by awarding people brownie points for good behaviour rather than taking part in a “Give that youngster an ASBO, vote now!” process.
Years ago there was a lot of support for the idea that there should be a good behaviour bond. I think the idea was that if people made it through to their 18th birthday without having encountered the criminal justice system, then they should receive a lump sum of 2000 pounds (I think).
You may even have some historical precedent in Swift’s Gulliver’s Travels. I think it was the Lilliputians who rewarded their inhabitants for keeping the law as well as punishing those who broke it.
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