A Land Fit for Criminals: An Insider's View of Crime, Punishment and Justice in the UK [Hardcover]

A wonderful antidote to the poisonous myths so assiduously promoted by the anti-prison lobby

A devastating critique (and) startling insider’s account of the deception being played upon the public.

In a detailed analysis, Fraser claims that successive governments have talked tough on crime but acted soft.

Fraser rigorously debunks the perceived success of community supervision orders and the ‘myth’ that prison doesn’t work

The British public today endure some of the world's worst crime levels - in 2000, according to the government's own estimates, some 61 million crimes were committed, the vast majority of which went both unrecorded and undetected. Burglary is rife; street crime burgeoning, and violence escalating to unprecedented levels. A Land Fit For Criminals is a meticulously researched and passionately argued study of contemporary British justice system which asks whether we now put the rights of criminals above the rights of the victims of crime. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

For twenty-six years David Fraser served in what is now the National Probation Service, working in busy Inner London magistrates' courts as well as in prisons in the capital and southwest. He also worked as an Analyst with the National Criminal Intelligence Service for many years. In 1998 he gave written and verbal evidence to the House of Commons All Party Committee on Alternative Sentencing. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.