Keeping a Who's-Naughty ListLondon police
London police are planning to register children who exhibit criminal potential in an effort to prevent them from developing into full-fledged lawbreakers. Kids who tag buildings with graffiti, skip school, or even talk back to adults run the risk of being entered into a database program that will be used to monitor their behavior as they grow up, according to police sources.
Of course there's always the possibility that at some later date potential employers will deny jobs to those on the list, thus pushing potentially decent citizens toward desperation and lawlessness.