As burglary and other forms of theft are the permanent occupation of a large number of criminals, starting at an early age, serious remedies are required.

The media often reports cases of defendants in court having more than 100 previous convictions, yet these people walk amongst us unnamed and unknown.

The stocks were used in previous times not just as a punishment and deterrent but to alert the public as to whom they were.

Surely after 10 convictions for crimes of this kind their names, photographs and possibly addresses should be widely published. Knowing their addresses may put pressure on their families and possibly alert the Police and public to the hub of such activities.

B Johnson, Omokoroa.