Criminals: Stealing from both the dead and injured.

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The vast majority of us tend to show regard for the dead. We do not talk bad about them and do not talk bad about their relatives - at least not in the public. We also tend to extend similar attitude to injured people. We help the injured as much as we can to feel less discomfort with their injuries. Unlike us, criminals do not show this type of attitude towards the dead and injured.

Last Tuesday, Criminals mugged a 28 year old cyclist as he was lying unconscious on the ground of his iPhone and Ipad. The incident happened around 2.15 am on Tuesday in Peckham - South London. The police are appealing to eyewitnesses who may have witnessed the incident to come forward to provide information that could help catch, prosecute and punish these heartless criminals.

Earlier in the week two sisters who were involved in the stealing of funeral flowers on commercial basis in Liverpool were sentenced by a Magistrate court. Marion Hill (41) and Lyndsay Millett (37) were caught on camera stealing wreaths with the phrase 'MUM' and 'NAN' left after the cremation of Anfield nan Bridget Jennat, 82 and loading the wreaths into their parked vehicle. During police investigation into the crime, a large number of wreaths supposedly stolen from other funeral grounds were found in the suspects home. The two sisters were found guilty of the theft and sentenced by the Magistrate Court. Marion was sentenced to 10 weeks in prison while her sister Lyndsay was given an 8 weeks sentence suspended for 12 months.

A lot of critics have argued that the nature of punishment being meted out to criminals like this type given to Marion and Lyndsay encourages criminals to show no sympathy to the dead or injured. The only measure they think is capable of deterring criminals from being heartless to the dead and injured is by imposing heavy sanctions on convicted criminals.

Heavy sanctions on criminals can involve putting convicted criminals behind bars for longer periods of time or even locking criminals up and throwing away the keys. One practical difficulty in tackling heartless criminals through this measure is how to get sufficient resources to provide long term care and services for prisoners. Already a lot of resources is being spent on prisoners and prisons and the last thing any government can do is to increase this burden on the taxpayers.

Even though there are enough resources to cater for long term needs of prisoners and prison, findings have not shown that imposing tougher sentences on criminals is very effective in solving criminalities. Instead, tougher punishments including locking up prisoners in prison for longer periods tend to encourage recidivisms - committing crimes repeatedly. The question that arises now is what can we do to stop heartless criminals from stealing from the dead and injured?

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