Purely a cosmetic move by the government IMO and not effective in cracking down on crime. There is only one way to crack down on crime is to get reall bobbies with dogs on the beat and scare the **** our=t of mayn crims!

I am all for tough but fair. We have a few in town and one young lass who looks so vulnerable walking about alone. Luckily violence is very rare in our semi rural town...at the moment!