[Biggersister]

Ive been having a bit of a debate with the guys at work about the whole name and shame thing for convicted criminals. We found this: http://www.theratbook.com over the weekend, it looks like somebody has gone to alot of trouble putting it together. I personally believe that naming and shaming criminals in the press is a good thing, because it serves a number of benefits;

• Should discourage criminals from committing the crime - once their name is out they cannot hide
• Means that people (parents in particular) can protect themselves from dangerous people

However - some of the guys at work keep going on about vigilante threats, and people taking the law into their own hands. From what Ive seen, this is almost an urban myth (other than the occasional pediatrician having a brick thrown through their window...although I wonder did that ever even happen??).

What does everybody else think? Is naming and shaming right or wrong?