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Originally Posted by Kazanne

I don't fully agree with that,some youths do not listen,do not want to be part of society,they want something for nothing and get it to a certain extent,they all have much more than some people who live quite a happy and peaceful life,a lot is down to parenting or lack of,but not always some kids just like to be intimidating and violent,I would lock them up for a few months if they were found with weapons if stop and search doesn't work.

Right but again the goal isn't "zero violent crime" because that is a completely unrealistic goal... There will always be violent crime. Stop and search isn't going to end violent crime, no one thinks it will end violent crime, the goal of it is to REDUCE violent crime, and that goal can be achieved in other ways.

Hell even if they would COMBINE the two, it would be far better to have engaged familiar community police who can call someone by name and ask them to comply, rather than a faceless automaton shouting "HALT!". But there appear to be no such goals... Just people wanting harder, stricter authority figures marching around the streets. What a world.