Causes of crime
Sir,—Judge McAloon tells a youth that alcohol figures in over half of all court cases in both criminal and Family Court jurisdictions (“The Press,” November 9). The Judge does the youth, himself, and society a disservice. The roots of crime go a bit further than the bottle, and first we must look at why some people become drunken criminals. Crime is the hobby of the disadvantaged, economically and emotionally, it is a place m the sun for the little man. In 1985 much crime is committed simply because people want the lifestyle that their brothers are obviously able to afford. No number of policemen, courts, halfway houses, rehabilitation and “social” workers will fix this hole in society. I have vet, in 20 years of reading your court pages, to see a bank robber who gave his occupation as a farmer. Farmers do not have to rob banks, nor do judges, lawyers and policemen. Only the poor rob banks—Yours, etc., JOHN W. HARDING. November 9, 1985. ,
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Press, 12 November 1985, Page 16
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