Being convicted will see many professionals lose everything and youngsters will be barred from universities.
The rise of the digital camera means there are 1000's of images available, the more they get shown the more the police can identify and prosecute the offenders.
The images I linked are poking fun at and deriding those shown for what they are , at the end of the day they have gained nothing and just hurt themselves and the communities they come from. The costs for all this will be passed on to all households.
It was very telling when a street was shown with every shop front smashed in bar one ....... Waterstones Books.