The curtailment of 'stop and search’ to appease politically correct concerns that it would be seen as ‘racist’ was a huge mistake. ( Public, government policies?)
This then further compounded by the lack of any meanigful consequence when knife crime and criminals were detected and apprehended. (Criminal Justice system?)
Scandal of the 2,000 knife-wielding thugs who are let off jail
Police policy to a major degree is dictated and shaped by the above. When a majority of knife crime is committed by a small percentage of the population, and the policy of profiling is seen as politically incorrect then a major tool in the crime fighting arsenal is removed. When the criminals are then not punished it only serves to encourage and increase the spread of this type of offence.
The Government does collate and compile statistics of ethnic groups from across the CJS it is what is done...or not done, that has to a large degree resulted in the present wave of violent and deadly knife crime.
Politically correct appeasement, and refusal to face facts by society brings its own consequences. A society that for some years has been subjected to a subtle but effective subliminal 're-eductation’ on how we should behave and think, to some degree by organisations like the BBC, our daily television, our schools, councils, advertising have all played their part.
To some degree it has been undoubtedly for the good, however like all things it can also create a politically correct blindness to facts and simple common sense.
Another factor is uncontrolled immigration and EU free movement which has resulted in an influx of immigrants from countries that have larger and very much more violent criminal sectors of their society coming here and bringing their gang cultures with them.
The present promised ‘crack down’ is little and late. The inanities spouted by the shadow home secretary telling, as is the reluctance of the present Mayor of London to be seen, questioned, or held to account for a major rise in this type of offence during his watch. Very free with his criticisms he seems reluctant to accept any himself.
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