N.Z. CRIME TRENDS N.Z. ALCOHOLIC LIQUOR CONSUMPTION PER HEAD IN 1940 WAS 11 GALS. IN 1946 IT WAS 17 GALS. AND IN 1956 IT WAS . . . 22 GALLONS per head INCREASED UOUOR CONSUMPTION LEADS TO INCREASED CRIME NEW ZEALAND INCREASES: 1947 1951 1956 DRUNKENNESS CONVICTIONS 2432 4113 5053 DRUNK DRIVING 331 603 933 OFFENCES AGAINST MORALITY (RAPE, ETC) increased from 113 in 1944 to 308 in 1956. The Justice Report says: i I “A GREAT MANY OF THE OFFENCES ARE AGAINST CHILDREN"OUR PRISONS AND BORSTALS ARE FILLED TO CAPACITY" -987 OF THESE ARE UNDER TWENTY <21% OF THE TOTAL)" "117 FEMALES IN 1756 AN INCREASE OVER 1752 OF 44%". OVERSEAS THE POSITION IS WORSE:— BRITISH CRIME (Males 17-20) during 1949-54, increases were: violence 57%; sexual 65%; drunkenness 167%. U.S.A. REPORT Juvenile major crime from 1950-55 increased 45%. A WORLD AUTHORITY, DR. E. M. JELLINEK, NARCOTICS DIVISION OF THE WORLD'S HEALTH ORGAN. ISATION, UNITED NATIONS, st.tn: "The death rate, crime rale and accident rale In a Riven commanlfy varten according fa the average alcohol consumption; when alcoholism doorcases, ss do death, crime and aecidant rates; and relaxation of restrictions «n alcohol is followed by a rise in commitments tis asylums, hoipifalisatlons and delinquency." The Choice is BUILD MORE GAOLS, MORE HOSPITALS, MORE MENTAL HOMES, OR PREVENTION IS BETTER THAN CURE \ I STRIKE OUT THE TWO TOP lIIIU ' Inserted by N.Z. Alliance. _ fl ■9l k Dramamine A Obtainable All Chemists IK / Ml G D Searle & Co Ltd Weekly. SPIN-DRY WASHER
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Press, Volume XCVI, Issue 28435, 15 November 1957, Page 5
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