pwa wrote: ↑6 Oct 2021, 5:41am
I wish that were true but I have my doubts. He was caught on CCTV several times as he abducted her, which signals a certain amount of carelessness.
Carelessness because he thought he wouldn't be caught perhaps?
How many more police officers would we need walking around the streets to provide a deterrent that would have put him off that night? I think we'd be talking several times the number currently out there, and even that might not be enough to make him feel like he would be caught
It's about efficiency and stopping or catching people early in life that has a better effect than them thinking they can get away with(in this case murder)their crimes
Remember, the Yorkshire Ripper conducted his reign of terror for years, and at a time when Police on foot were a more common sight, and when the public were aware of his existence and looking out for him
I can't comment on that particular case other than to say those were very differnt times than today .
If I were intent on murdering someone that I was going to pick up off the streets I'd be more concerned about CCTV these days. But this man didn't even worry about that
I'd suggest that's because he thought he wouldn't be recognised or caught as you say he was careless.That said there is huge amount of sexual crime that never gets investigated due too a lack of efficiency caused mainly by a gross undermanning of the police,a reduction of 20,000 policer officers,along with 23,000 police support staff in the past decade.And I'd suggest that a reduction in morale went down with those numbers.
I live in an area with fairly low crime rates, but our nearest medium sized town has had a few murders recently, and the ones I can think of involved the deaths of children with suspects within their own household. Tragic and very upsetting, of course, but a different issue to murders involving abduction off the streets. I can't remember one of the latter in my local area in the last decade. It is thankfully rare. The murders in this area are usually "domestics", so resources ought to be deployed in that direction.
Support for those abused in the home has also reduced due the grand austerity plan where social workers and other soccial support staff fu ding was cut to the bone
I'm not saying throwing money alone at the problem will fix it but people being abused by their partner,parent or child should be a priority in a modern civilicpsed society
But attacks on women (not usually involving murder) are a reality and need addressing from various angles. We should be doing that for two reasons. Firstly, to prevent the damage done by the actual attacks. And secondly, to reduce the perceived threat that limits what women can do and still feel safe.
The first angle is a good support network,along with good efficient policing,the UK is sadly lacking on both counts.