@1984 389337 wrote:
sounds very sensible
I think though it only really works on people who already have a reasonable job or family life who would be just as well served by a community sentence for a minor non-violent offence, or the Caution plus (as cautions are very rarely reported in the papers)
it also depends on the wider community being able to forgive and forget, in small close knit communities and with British crime reporting some people might boycott a persons employers if they felt they are continuing to employ criminals…
those with chaotic lifestyles or unemployed aren’t going to care about being locked up at weekends as they can get trashed during the week!
