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The Abolition Of Liberty: The Decline of Order and Justice in England Kindle Edition

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  • Publisher: Atlantic Books (4 Jun. 2015)
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  • Language: English
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25 of 25 people found the following review helpful
A thought-provoking read for anyone concerned with justice & liberty
By F. G. Lelliott on 18 Jan. 2009
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Whilst I find Peter Hitchens' column in the Mail on Sunday a little too right-wing at times, I couldn't help but read this book without nodding frequently in agreement.

Several issues had not previously occured to me, the disengagement of the police from the public, the politicisation of the police force (sorry police 'service'), the historic and gradual errosion of justice and liberty in our country, but Hitchens brings these issues into sharp focus.

Interestingly, the postscript of this book, all 7-and-a-bit pages of it, fittingly highlights the assault on free speech that masquerades as law and order in 21st century Britain.
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36 of 37 people found the following review helpful
Informative
By S Smyth on 12 Feb. 2007
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This is a well written and researched book explaining the key differences in continental, English and U.S. law and policing. This is backed up by a wealth of statistics to quantify how the expansion of crime without consequences to the career criminal has been facilitated by the growth of politically motivated policing in the UK, and England in particular.

At the heart of the problem is the moral vacuum of socialism which considers everyone to be criminals and, as a consequence, the career criminal is simply no different to anyone else and must be saved and reformed at any cost financially, and to the detriment of everyone else's life and liberty. Except for the enlightened elite at the heart of government and its institutions, that is.

The ID card is little more than the yellow star pinned on Jews in Nazi Germany. Criminals in Northern Ireland can now freely attack pensioners with hammers and guns, in the dead of night, in pursuit of small amounts of money and can reasonably expect to never be caught or punished. And they can also freely indulge in the tiger-kidnapping of the families of bank and business owners in order to gain ransom money, with detection, prosecution and punishment unlikely in case terrorists and paramilitary groups will be offended, or not be available to bolster the propaganda of the-war-on-terrorism.

Peter Hitchens suggests how many current failings of the law and policing could be addressed so that crime is prevented and criminals are punished. But this can only happen in a free society which has a government and legal system dedicated to upholding freedom and recognising that career criminals do not have more right to the expropriated resources of the state than the victims of crime.
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109 of 113 people found the following review helpful
It doesn't have to be this way...
By MR J P JONES on 18 Aug. 2004
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It's 3am and you're being burgled. Call the police in the UK, and they might send someone round the next day so that you can claim on your insurance. Tell them that you're going to shoot the burglar, and they'll be round immediately with a swat team and helicopters - to cart YOU away! Have you ever wondered why and when your welfare became less important than the criminal's?
Read Hitchens. His latest book systematically takes apart the development of the police service in the 20th century and exposes how the police force, once a representative of the civil population with close contact on the streets, has become sealed off and paramilitary in its operations over the last 40 years - and lost the respect of the law-abiding public in the process. He sets out how, despite there being more police and support staff per capita of population than ever before, more crimes are being committed, reported and remaining unsolved than at any point during our history. He explains how clear-up statistics have replaced crime prevention as the policeman's focus, and how only 5% of any police force's staff are out 'on the beat' at any point.
Other law and order topics include the encroachment of government surveillance on personal liberty. If the reason for having ID cards is to protect us from terrorism, how did the Madrid bombings happen? Spain had ID cards since Franco. And why weren't they introduced during the height of IRA bombings in the UK? It's these sorts of questions which Hitchens asks to great effect - and he produces a few interesting answers.
It's shocking reading in parts. But whether you lean left or right, this book will give everyone pause for thought.
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77 of 80 people found the following review helpful
An uncomfortable read
By A Customer on 21 Mar. 2005
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Hitchens is an articulate proponent of old-Right thinking. Hanging, flogging, retributive justice in general. Most of us would like to think we had moved on from that. But Hitchens doesn't pontificate from a distance. He has been into prisons and speaks with authority about the contempt the criminal classes in Britain now have for weaklings like us who have allowed them to set our nation's agenda. And he skilfully links our weakness in detecting and punishing criminals to our Government's increasing authoritarianism as far as decent law-abiding citizens are involved. If crime is a kind of disease brought on by poverty etc., then we are all potential criminals and should be treated as such. Just as the left has compassion for the criminals in prison, it is afraid of all the potential criminals on the outside. It's a perverted through-the-looking-glass logic which has the police harassing the decent and schmoozing the evil.
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28 of 29 people found the following review helpful
You'll not be disappointed
By Amazon Customer on 14 May 2004
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This is a very revealing book, that anyone who is concerned with esculating crime and sick of lame excuses of the politicians would benefit from reading. It presents to the reader a truly unique insight into the causes of modern day crime.
Very well researched, I learnt a lot from this book, the author has to be congratulated on his work! Let us hope enough people read and act on the information contained with in.
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A book for the police to ponder.

book in excellent condition. As an ex cop I identified fully with the content of the book. Hitchens has got to the heart of the problems with the police service, and articulates... Read more

Published 2 months ago by Mr. Roger Holloway
Great read!

Peter Hitchens clearly conveys the mindset and history of English
politics and and contrasts this with the changes of the last 50 years. Read more

Published 2 months ago by Patrick McCaughan
Five Stars

Hitchens is one of my favourite writers and this investigation is another brilliant read.

Published 4 months ago by danny mclaughlin
Interesting viewpoint

Very interesting read. Makes so much sense!

Published 4 months ago by Antz
Five Stars

As described and quick delivery.

Published 4 months ago by stu hanmore
I haven't read this book but the reason for my poor review has nothing...

I must confess, I haven't read this book but the reason for my poor review has nothing to do with the author or the book. Read more

Published 4 months ago by MR CHRISTOPHER TYRRELL
Important book, bad typos

The book deserves 5 stars. I am deducting one star because the Kindle edition contains several typos. Read more

Published 6 months ago by T Ellis
Great book for truth seekers

I love reading Peter Hitchen's writing and this is no exception. Straight to the point with no messing about. Read more

Published 6 months ago by Rob Austin
Goodbye to Messrs. Dixon and Pierrepoint.

Crime is a complex issue. Peter Hitchens provides the most thorough research here and on the basis of that research articulates some important concerns. Read more

Published 7 months ago by Bluecashmere.
Who can honestly read this, and then argue against it?

Hitchens makes an impeccably argued case for the restoration of the Rule of Law and for prisons to be a place to be feared. Read more

Published 14 months ago by Mr. Martin White

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