... be this concept that has swung too far in the favour of society's miscreants to the detriment of their victims and the communities in which these offenders live, prompting the current debate on victims' rights and David Blunkett's intentions to re-address "the balance to deliver real justice to victims and the wider community" (Blunkett www.policesupers.com/police, 2002, July). Whilst all people might be considered equal according to classicist precepts, with governments created by those individuals to protect the people's rights through the recognition of a social contract (McCoubrey and White, 1999, Page 60 - 84), David Blunkett singles out a specific sector of society by suggesting that: "nearly three quarters of street crime offenders are under 17 and a hard core five per cent of juveniles are responsible for 60 per cent of offences for their age group" (Blunkett, www.publications.parliament.uk, 2002, November, 14) Clearly, despite the introduction of innumerable projects designed to re-integrate offenders ...

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