Posted: Jan 03, 2019 11:37 pm
Thanks bruv, I do have 83 hours of community service todo still, but I enjoy it for the most part actually, lonely as I am, and as the judge said: "we're going to help you Mr Jones" - there need be some "punishment" for violence come hell or high water, I agree.
zoon wrote:My posts were intended in the same spirit as yours: for someone in that hypothetical situation in the UK, facing a not very long jail sentence (I may be making a mistaken assumption there), I'm not clear that intentionally becoming homeless and avoiding claiming any benefits for a lifetime would be any improvement on going through with the jail sentence. Life would be likely to be harder and more uncomfortable rather than less? Linking again to the BBC report on homelessness and violence here, there's some discussion of the reasons why people become homeless, and avoiding a prison sentence isn't mentioned - I expect it happens occasionally, but it doesn't seem to be a significant cause of homelessness.
Interesting stuff, I might have a proper further go at this data you provide tomoz but I'm not up to it right now : )