Snakebite

If you look at how troublesome teenagers are being punished these days it consists of social workers taking them out for either day trips to the seaside or camping in the wilderness. Yes, to some extent being nice to them does work since most troublesome teenagers are never really used to it. There is the psyhcologcial benefits of this but it only seems to work with a minority of cases, since most of them will re-offend. Should we just lock the rest up or is there something better we can do to help them be normal? One point of view is that it is a Mental health problem? Therefore what type of methods should be used to treat them, should they be admitted under the care of the NHS?

They were probably found on MI5's watch list when they cross checked forensic evidence from the blast sites against it. If they were on it MI5 would hold enough information including possibly fingerprints & DNA to enable them to identify them and locate them. Which is similar to what ID cards will do but for the entire population instead of just certain suspected individuals.

No it would teach them to behave themselves

What about Boot camp for all of these Troublesome teenagers instead of prison? Would have a similar effect as national service but without the reduction of quality to our armed forces. It would teach them respect. Here is details of what is done in the USA: http://www.bootcampsforteens.com/

The Biometric information that is collected will also be used to help catch people that commit crime. Well at least those that are careless enough to leave clues in the form of fingerprints etc. Which on the most part are the majority of criminals.

What if national service was limited to say troublesome teenagers or maybe a lesser approach of Boot Camp instead for them to teach them to respect others. The main reason some children dont respect others is because their parents dont respect others therefore the children follow by example so as generations pass it just gets worse.

Heres a different topic for debate - National Service - Should it be reinstated to improve society? Around the world today several countries still require you to carry out upto 2 years of national service between the age of 16-18 years. This is intended to teach respect, honor and a sense of discipline to young peoples lives as well as providing an adequate military service for the country. The UK up until 1960 required men to carry out national service, see link below that details the history of National Service in the UK: http://www.national-army-museum.ac.uk/pages/nat-service.html These days the growing number of teenagers that either are constantly in trouble, have no respect for their elders of which some now have ASBO's issued against them, is getting ridiculous. Some people say that our children are not being taught any values because either the parents are have the same attitude or their children have no respect for them due to external influences. Before national service was scrapped there was very little trouble in our neighbourhoods and people didnt have to hide behind locked doors because our children were taught to respect others. So should we bring it back to teach our children respect, honor & discipline?

It does to some extent if your on benefits or a student since all of this money that is stolen by organised crime prevents the government from using that same money for say increasing your benefits or providing better healthcare & education. 20 billion a year will go a long way to improve things