We know that there is still a lot of torturing going on. This last possibility would have to be the point of departure, but it would be a daunting task as there are too few trained replacements and too many ready to listen to the idealistic voice of the Police and Prisons Civil Rights Union. A chaotic State of Emergency is not a happy prospect - better at least to have an unconstrained press to monitor the chaos that exists already. The Department of Justice also does not seem able to perform even its normal tasks. I hope not.
Crime has to be confronted directly.
Prominent British criminologist Jock Young, who introduced the notion of the etiological crisis, also speaks of a crisis in penality and we all know that our prisons are not functioning well. We may have to rely, in the end, on small incremental changes such as those initiated by groups like Business Against Crime. The commissioner must continue to look for an immediate response to the bank robberies, burglaries and hijackings that paralyse us. He must avoid gimmicks and demand more substantial support from the government. The ruling party must start thinking seriously about whether it can afford, in its midst, the presence of people who are unlikely to inspire a commitment to a scrupulously law-abiding lifestyle.