26-04-19, 07:06 PM
Quote:Years ago,I was one of the scum who stole bikes and cars and also breaking and entering houses,I was caught and did a stretch for it and when I came out the father of one of the bikers I stole from came round my house and give me a right good hiding,breaking my nose in the process.I couldn't believe it when he came to the hospital,I actually thought he was going to carry on where he left off,but he asked if he could sit down and went on to tell me how his son saved every penny he had to get the bike I'd nicked and was really upset as was his whole family,these were nice people.I'd never felt so pathetic in all my life and that bloke talking to me did more good than the nick to be honest,a BIG lesson learned. [img alt=:o]http://foc-u.co.uk/Smileys/efocicon/embarrassed.gif[/img]Wow, pretty honest post dude.
The bit that stunned me was that he came to the hospital to give you a talking to. :eek Good thing he did.
Not surprised that did the trick for you. There have been a number of schemes run for offenders that offer them the option of taking part in a rehabilitation programme that can shorten their sentence but both they and their victim(s) have to agree to take part. I saw a documentary years ago on one such scheme. They focused on young offenders and mainly low-level crime, house breaking, assault etc. Part of the programme included a number of sessions sitting down with their victim(s). Pretty much all the offenders said it was the hardest thing they had ever done. It also helped the victim(s) come to terms of what had happened to them. I can’t remember the figures, but the re-offending rates for those who took part in these schemes was a fraction of the general re-offending rate.
But most of schemes are dead. No funding. Plus it’s almost impossible to get the funding. Nobody is interested that they work. It’s seen as namby pamby stuff, letting folks off the hook etc etc. The popular press slag it off, and well it’s no good for getting elected, so the politicians won’t back it.