http://www.timesonline.co.uk/article/0,,2088-1632100,00.html
"Britons want protection from what they see as a rising tide of violent and immoral youth. Blair has made security against the 'yob culture' a core theme of his third term. Since his government is headline driven, the theme is easily fuelled by the press. Hence the blizzard of initiatives pouring out of Downing Street with attached targets, shaming regimes and ring-fenced spending. Hence, too, the growing protest of those struggling to administer this empire."