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The Corrective Work Order, commonly known as CWO, is a Singaporean law meted out to 'litterbugs', those who are caught littering in a public street. It is one of the two penalties against littering in the country, with the other being a fine.
Overview
[edit]The order forces the 'litterbugs' to clean up a specified location as ordered by the government, while wearing a bright green luminous vest bearing the words "Corrective Work Order". The punishment aims to force the offender to rehabilitate and shame litterbugs in public to deter others from committing a similar offence. It may also be meted out in addition to a fine.[1]
Results
[edit]Corrective Work Order was intended for repeat offenders only. Introduced in 1992, it proved to be very successful. Littering offenses significantly dropped, and there were very few repeat offenders. Occasionally, a few who served Corrective Work Order had their faces photographed by The Straits Times and published on the front cover.[2] Litterbugs serving Corrective Work Order usually have their faces covered with a mask or plastic bag (which is legal) to avoid being identified by members of the public.[citation needed]
However, media interest long since tailed off, and there is some evidence that the sentence may now be less effective as a deterrent to littering by the general public. Nevertheless, the CWO remains in force.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ "High-rise litterbug fined $19,800, sentenced to 5 hours of corrective work order". 21 Jan 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ "Singapore has become less clean, says Public Hygiene Council chairman Liak Teng Lit". 1 Feb 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2015.
- ↑ Wing-Cheong Chan, "A Review of the Corrective Work Order in Singapore", Papers from the British Society of Criminology Conference, Keele, July 2002. ISSN 1464-4088
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