Conservative Bringing in a "short, sharp spell" behind bars for persistent criminals is a key Tory promise.
"But, of course, when the most violent and persistent criminals are in prison, crime rates will go down".
The Daily Mail ran a poll in 1996 which showed 92% of respondents in favour of "tougher sentences for criminals, especially persistent criminals".
It is a huge asset to law and order that serious or persistent criminals should be taken out of the society on which they prey.
Most people I know at the bar know there is a racket going on, with persistent criminals who know how to play the system," he said in a Guardian interview which will outrage many lawyers.
Promising to create a criminal-justice system "that scares the hell out of criminals", he has called for longer sentences for persistent criminals and pledged to end electronic tagging, which lets around 2,000 prisoners at any one time finish the last weeks of their sentence at home.
Data-driven "hotspot" policing probably helped too, says Matthew Cavanagh, a former government adviser: police forces were ordered to concentrate resources on the worst-performing areas and to target the most persistent criminals, which naturally came at the expense of calmer suburbs.Ominously, there are some hints that crime rates are about to start rising again.
In domestic matters, Scott advocated increased salaries for public officials, economic development measures, and heavy punishments for persistent criminals.
"It is obvious – if persistent serious criminals are in prison, they can't commit crimes against the public".
"In furtherance of public-private partnerships, the FBI and DHS routinely advise private industry of various cyber threat indicators in order to help systems administrators guard against the actions of persistent cyber criminals".
