Repeat Offenders

By Scott Simon

Published February 1, 2003 at 12:00 AM EST

NPR's Scott Simon talks with police Inspector Geoff Miles, in Warminster, England. This month, Inspector Miles delivered 22 letters to the town's repeat criminal offenders, asking them politely to suspend their criminal behavior.

Scott Simon

Scott Simon is one of America's most admired writers and broadcasters. He is the host of Weekend Edition Saturday and is one of the hosts of NPR's morning news podcast Up First. He has reported from all fifty states, five continents, and ten wars, from El Salvador to Sarajevo to Afghanistan and Iraq. His books have chronicled character and characters, in war and peace, sports and art, tragedy and comedy.

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