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| Cameron sets out youth crime plan | Cameron sets out youth crime plan |
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| David Cameron has called for a "three-dimensional" fight against youth crime, focusing on families, policing and the justice system. | David Cameron has called for a "three-dimensional" fight against youth crime, focusing on families, policing and the justice system. |
| The Conservative leader said the UK was suffering a "crisis of order" and that "violence grows in the fertile soil of anti-social behaviour". | The Conservative leader said the UK was suffering a "crisis of order" and that "violence grows in the fertile soil of anti-social behaviour". |
| Mr Cameron said magistrates should be able to jail criminals for up to a year - rather than six months. | Mr Cameron said magistrates should be able to jail criminals for up to a year - rather than six months. |
| He also called for police to be freed up to spend more time on patrol. | He also called for police to be freed up to spend more time on patrol. |
| 'Better balance' | 'Better balance' |
| In a speech in Darwen, Lancashire, he said the government had to "reverse the social breakdown which is the root cause of the criminality we see around us". | In a speech in Darwen, Lancashire, he said the government had to "reverse the social breakdown which is the root cause of the criminality we see around us". |
| Mr Cameron added: "If we are to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour we need a resolute and a comprehensive approach. | |
| "Instead of the one-dimensional approach just looking at criminal justice, we need a three-dimensional approach. | |
| "First the response of the courts, second the response of the police and third the response of society as a whole" | "First the response of the courts, second the response of the police and third the response of society as a whole" |
| Magistrates should be allowed to sentence for longer and the early-release scheme should be scrapped, he said. | |
| 'General bonfire' | 'General bonfire' |
| Police spent "more time on paperwork than they do on patrol" with the government "guilty of wasting police time", Mr Cameron added. | |
| He said he wanted a "general bonfire" of police targets, making them "accountable to the people they serve" rather than Whitehall. | He said he wanted a "general bonfire" of police targets, making them "accountable to the people they serve" rather than Whitehall. |
| Social problems such as drugs, drink, unemployment and debt also needed to be tackled, Mr Cameron added, calling for "radical action" to restore families and communities. | |
| Mr Cameron added: "We need to make men realise that having a child is an 18-year commitment, not a one-night stand. | |
| "We need to help couples stay together, not drive them apart through a tax and benefits system that encourages people to live separately and we need to make society as a whole - that's you and me - realise that we all have duties to our neighbours and those duties are as compelling as the taxes we pay and the laws that we obey." | |
| He added: "Other cities, other countries have fought the battle of anti-social behaviour and won it - and we've got to do that too." | |
| On Tuesday, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said the "continuing problem" of gang violence was due to the absence of fathers in black communities. | On Tuesday, Justice Secretary Jack Straw said the "continuing problem" of gang violence was due to the absence of fathers in black communities. |
| He said young black men needed their fathers as role models, otherwise their development suffered. | He said young black men needed their fathers as role models, otherwise their development suffered. |
| Black girls from similar backgrounds had different attitudes and succeeded more than black boys, he said. | Black girls from similar backgrounds had different attitudes and succeeded more than black boys, he said. |
| He was responding to US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who said inner-city violence was an economic problem. | He was responding to US civil rights activist Jesse Jackson, who said inner-city violence was an economic problem. |