While I want to agree with you about how to treat thieves that are caught, I have heard of research suggesting appropriate treatments to help people get back on their feet, through rehabilitation, education etc. are more successful than throwing them in the slammer. As Merwinn said. I also knew people who ended up doing short stints in juvy during high school and it was not good. All it did to one we were closer with was make him a harder, meaner criminal when out, with more connections to that world. Something we all noticed as teenagers. We eventually lost touch with him as he fell into crime more heavily each time he was out of jail.
But, I've also had multiple bikes stolen, one from Meadow Park in Whistler during the autumn 'shoulder season' (back when Whistler was completely dead during such time) and another where my house was broken into and multiple bikes were taken. Both were committed by organized criminals that make a living from stealing. The bike stolen in Whistler was later found by police – well, the frame was, nothing else on it was mine. They found it and many others while searching a house under warrant.
I never saw any of the bikes from the break and enter, which included the bike stolen in Whistler years prior. The police said they believed the bikes were in a cube van on the highway somewhere far away by the time I noticed they were gone. They knew who the likely suspects were and shortly after the incident, I saw them monitoring the apartment building where I was told, not by police, that one of the ring leaders lived. To my knowledge, he was never arrested at that time.
It sucks so bad having someone steal anything, but I found it much worse when criminals break into your house/garage while asleep upstairs. We felt violated and unsafe in our own home. That feeling lasted a while. I'd like to see more done to stop these rings or organized crime and in the event of something like what Jono experienced, those people put into some form of rehabilitation and education. Letting them go with nothing more than a trip to the local cop shop for a short stint isn't enough. Jono shouldn't need to pursue charges for the criminals to serve some form of treatment for their crime.
Glad to hear Jono got his bike back and on the same day. What are the chances of that!?
March 19, 2021, 9:45 a.m. - AJ Barlas
While I want to agree with you about how to treat thieves that are caught, I have heard of research suggesting appropriate treatments to help people get back on their feet, through rehabilitation, education etc. are more successful than throwing them in the slammer. As Merwinn said. I also knew people who ended up doing short stints in juvy during high school and it was not good. All it did to one we were closer with was make him a harder, meaner criminal when out, with more connections to that world. Something we all noticed as teenagers. We eventually lost touch with him as he fell into crime more heavily each time he was out of jail. But, I've also had multiple bikes stolen, one from Meadow Park in Whistler during the autumn 'shoulder season' (back when Whistler was completely dead during such time) and another where my house was broken into and multiple bikes were taken. Both were committed by organized criminals that make a living from stealing. The bike stolen in Whistler was later found by police – well, the frame was, nothing else on it was mine. They found it and many others while searching a house under warrant. I never saw any of the bikes from the break and enter, which included the bike stolen in Whistler years prior. The police said they believed the bikes were in a cube van on the highway somewhere far away by the time I noticed they were gone. They knew who the likely suspects were and shortly after the incident, I saw them monitoring the apartment building where I was told, not by police, that one of the ring leaders lived. To my knowledge, he was never arrested at that time. It sucks so bad having someone steal anything, but I found it much worse when criminals break into your house/garage while asleep upstairs. We felt violated and unsafe in our own home. That feeling lasted a while. I'd like to see more done to stop these rings or organized crime and in the event of something like what Jono experienced, those people put into some form of rehabilitation and education. Letting them go with nothing more than a trip to the local cop shop for a short stint isn't enough. Jono shouldn't need to pursue charges for the criminals to serve some form of treatment for their crime. Glad to hear Jono got his bike back and on the same day. What are the chances of that!?