Policing minister: Prisoners should take responsibility for repairing crime damage

Nick Herbert, policing minister, emphasises the value of making offenders take personal responsibility for their crimes through financial reparation:

"For too long the financial burden of repairing the damage done by crime has fallen to the taxpayer alone.

"Making offenders pay financial reparation to victims will require them to take personal responsibility for their crimes and go some way towards making redress to victims through the funding of crucial support services."