HIGH-SPIRITED YOUTH

Press, Volume XCIX, Issue 29251, 8 July 1960, Page 12

HIGH-SPIRITED YOUTH

*Far Better Than Subservience” i (New Zealand Press Association) WELLINGTON. July 7. A former deputy-Director of Public Prosecutions for England and Wales, Mr G. R. Paling, believes it is better for today’s youth to be high-spirited than to be subservient. Mr Paling and his wife arrived at Wellington in the Rangitane today. They are visiting their daughter. Mr Paling said that during the 40 years of his career he had dealt with some 10.000 murder cases and a large number of other crimes, including treason and fraud. Crime in the United Kingdom fluctuated in accordance with the number of hardened criminals in prison, he said. The passing of the Criminal Justice Act in 1948 permitted Courts to sentence hardened criminals to preventive detention and that reduced the incidence of crime. The decrease had proved that proper use by the Courts of provisions which enabled persistent offenders to be detained for longer periods was highly effective. It would take a long time to ascertain whether corrective training was an effective means of reforming young adults, and it had not yet been established whether remand centres had been successful in dealing with juvenile deHnquency. Delinquency was a world-wide problem. The right outlet would have to be found for youthful high spirits. ter to hove a young mnn ot spirit than one who is IUhM niliint," XJilil Mr Paling, _