How effective do you think this will be?
A house at a secret location in the Avon and Somerset Police force area has been wired for pictures and sound in an attempt to catch burglars red-handed. CCTV cameras and a range of high-tech gadgets have been installed in the property, which will be monitored by officers from a control room.
Police would only confirm the property was located in a "burglary hotspot". The crime-fighting tactic follows the success of the force's "covert capture cars" which lock criminals inside. They are then played a taped message informing them a police officer is on their way to arrest them.
Assistant Chief Constable Jackie Roberts said the idea behind the scheme was to put the fear of crime back into criminals.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/england/bristol/6163663.stm
2006-12-10 13:08:01 · 7 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Other - Society & Culture
I think this is a very good idea.
For all the talk about heavier jail sentences or the death penalty for murderers etc these are not particularly effective as deterrents because criminals who plan their crimes don't tend to believe there's a high chance of being caught. Anything which gives criminals greater uncertainty about this has to be an advance. A high prospect of detection is far and away the best deterrent. Schemes like this are a drop in the ocean but I'd certainly like to see more of them.
Incidentally it's only entrapment or a honey trap if there's an 'unusual inducement' to crime eg if the doors of the house or car are left invitingly open in a way which might entice someone to commit a crime they otherwise wouldn't have considered. If there's no element of unusual inducement then, so far as the criminal's concerned, they are breaking in with the formed intent to commit crime. No sympathy for them in that case, or for slippery lawyer arguments that try to spare 'em responsibility for their actions.
Anyway will it deter criminals ? Yes, if schemes like this become more widespread it's at least a start.
2006-12-10 13:55:24 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 0⤋
Criminals lack fear that normal people have. They have no morals and have no value for life in general. They're like cockroaches - when it gets dark they come out by the thousands and there's nothing stopping them...)(
2006-12-10 13:16:30 · answer #2 · answered by MissKathleen 6 · 2⤊ 0⤋
lets hope it does, it aint entrapment as they are advertising the fact that its out there, so anyone dumb enough to fall into it deserves it
2006-12-10 20:39:19 · answer #3 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Sounds like a honeytrap. Not sure if I agree with it.
2006-12-10 13:12:11 · answer #4 · answered by Scotty 7 · 0⤊ 2⤋
No, they should spend they money on more police officers.
Smells more like entrapment to me.
2006-12-10 13:14:56 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 2⤋
Brilliant idea BUT what sentence, if any, will they receive?
2006-12-10 13:22:58 · answer #6 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
i think anything is worth a try
2006-12-10 13:11:44 · answer #7 · answered by ? 4 · 2⤊ 0⤋