Just found this off one of the big two parties....
...We insist on individual responsibility for crime, and will attack the causes of crime by our measures to relieve social deprivation.
....We will relieve the police of unnecessary bureaucratic burdens to get more officers back on the beat.
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We will implement an effective sentencing system for all the main offences to ensure greater consistency and stricter punishment for serious repeat offenders. The courts will have to spell out what each sentence really means in practice. The Court of Appeal will have a duty to lay down sentencing guidelines for all the main offences. The attorney general's power to appeal unduly lenient sentences will be extended.
The prison service now faces serious financial problems. We will audit the resources available, take proper ministerial responsibility for the service, and seek to ensure that prison regimes are constructive and require inmates to face up to their offending behaviour
....have forgotten the 'order' part of 'law and order'. We will tackle the unacceptable level of anti-social behaviour and crime on our streets. Our 'zero tolerance' approach will ensure that petty criminality among young offenders is seriously addressed.
Sounds good.. well it was the Labour parties manifesto back in 97, so bearing that in mind I don't think the Conservatives can do any worse on this front.
If you want the link its:
http://www.bbc.co.uk/election97/back...b/labman6.html