Neighbourhood watch aims to help Clacton turn the corner (From Clacton and Frinton Gazette)

Young people who are 16-24 and NOT in education, employment or training, need something to be proud of, need a sense of achievement, a sense of self worth, and a sense of direction. National Conscription would do all of these things. At the same time, they could learn a trade/skill like engineering. It would boost the numbers of the Reservists and the TA. So if anyone aged 16-24 who were a NEET - (not in education/employment
/training), then this would be the next option. If they are not qualified for Uni, then let the Services mould them. This would alleviate boredom, anti social behavior, the potential for riot, and would give our youth a much needed change of attitude and perception in the the community. It would be partly funded by redirecting their Job-seeker Allowance / ESA to cover some of the training costs.
We can avoid vigilante style policing by giving our youths a better way of using their time and talents and this will give them back a sense of pride for themselves. There is an e-petition at:
http://epetitions.di
rect.gov.uk/petition
s/37363.
I would ask that people sign it and place it on their Facebook and Twitter pages to get it out there and remember enough signatures would get Parliament discussing the issue of disillusioned,bored youths who do nothing with their lives.

Or you could send all the able bodied in prison to the fight zones instead of our law biding soldiers risking there lives , that would relieve loads of cells , then there would be plenty of room to punish these law breakers properly. And bring back the death penalty.

Brady and Hindley planned the murder of innocent children, Peter Sutcliffe planned the murders of 13 women, Anders Breivik had taken great care to plan his murder spree, there cannot be any doubts that these people had not thought their actions through.

I believe the knowledge that they would forfeit their own lives when caught would have been a strong deterrent. Hindley, Brady and Sutcliffe (to name only a few) knew there was no death penalty for murder. Breivic surrendered to the police rather than be shot by them, he knew that he would probably get about 10 years inside with an appeal or parole. He is a coward so do you really think that he'd have committed the crimes he did if he knew for certain that he'd be executed for committing them?