The socialist belief that people turn to crime because they have no money has caused a lot of the problem, they simply throw money at them and sit back in amazement when some people who were never inclined to help themselves lap it up and demand more. Then you get others who might have worked but see their neighbours getting everything paid for, for doing nothing, there is no motivation for them to go out and work 40+ hours a week. They have entire families who have never worked for 30 odd years, people having 20+ kids and have no worries in how to support them and wonder why it is hard to get people to work and not claim benefits. Jacqui Smith is an idiot and is one of the worst home secretaries we've ever had. As noble as she believes her actions and suggestions are, she's applying her logic to people who understand and appreciate her logic, not those who don't care what anyone thinks and have no motivation to help themselves because they don't have to. A huge part of the problem that Police officers face with the people we deal with is we are usually the first people in their lives (now some 3 generations inmost families) to not only say 'no' and actually mean it but have the willingness and capacity to actually follow up on any threats and they can't handle it.