Education is the key to reducing offending and re-offending.
Young criminals emerge embittered, unemployable and with an indifference about re-offending. So policies that emphasise prevention of offending, while ensuring that those who are truly a danger to the community are kept out of it, make sense even if they do assuage the thirst for vengeance. Dame Silvia told the gathering that violence in a society can be an indicator of injustice and inequality. Those who commit violent acts will often be poorly educated, lack empathy with those who are vulnerable and have a severely dysfunctional family life. Often they will be poor.