Most of the crimes are committed by the same offenders caught up in a revolving door of prison and crime. They make the choice to be a career criminal because they can't hack having the self discipline to commit to work. Going to prison is just an occupation hazard to them and while they'd obviously rather not be there they prefer it to doing a 9 to 5. The cheeky fuckers even have the audacity to call it grafting. Personally I'd just lock them away for years. If they don't want to live by societies rules then remove them from that society until they do. Mind you there is a lot of money to be made from crime. All the judges, solicitors, barristers, court and prison staff,social workers etcetera so I guess it's profitable to keep the merry go round turning.