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Cameron sets out youth crime plan Young offender driving ban call
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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 young offenders to be barred from driving as part of a programme to tackle crime.
"Common sense suggests that with young people you need to hit them where it hurts: in their lifestyle and their aspirations," said the Tory leader.
He urged the wider use of powers enabling judges to disqualify offenders from holding or obtaining a licence.
He said he wanted a "three-dimensional" approach to youth crime, focusing on families, policing and the courts.
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. But rather than passing new laws, he said the government should widen the use of existing powers - enacted in 2004 - enabling magistrates to bar offenders from driving.
He also called for police to be freed up to spend more time on patrol. 'Social breakdown'
'Better balance' At the moment, the powers are only used for motoring offences.
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, Mr Cameron said: "I'd like to see judges and magistrates tell a 15-year-old boy convicted of buying alcohol or causing a disturbance, that the next time he appears in court he'll have his driving licence delayed.
Mr Cameron added: "If we are to tackle crime and anti-social behaviour we need a resolute and a comprehensive approach. "And then I'd like that boy to tell his friends what the judge said."
"Instead of the one-dimensional approach just looking at criminal justice, we need a three-dimensional approach. He said magistrates should be also able to jail criminals for up to a year - rather than six months.
"First the response of the courts, second the response of the police and third the response of society as a whole" Mr Cameron also called for police to be freed up to spend more time on patrol.
He said the government had to "reverse the social breakdown which is the root cause of the criminality we see around us".
Magistrates should be allowed to sentence for longer and the early-release scheme should be scrapped, he said.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.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.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.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.""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."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.