Given that this silliness all arose from a violent assault on an individual, together with criminal damage, I would hope that a custodial sentence would be more appropriate.

I certainly don't think that a couple of days of public humiliation would make any difference to violent gangs and doesn't even seem to be a good deterrent for people willing to put on a traffic warden's uniform and roam the streets with people shouting abuse at them. Clearly public humiliation and abuse from the public does little to deter people from becoming traffic wardens, bankers, or mothers.

However in crime-free America some states do publish pictures on the internet of all the people they charge with offences. You can have a look through the pictures from Dayton, Ohio at http://projects.daytondailynews.com/cach...ontgomery/ Hours of fun and you can even 'rate' them (no idea why). Watch out for Anthony Barrett, he looks mean