FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1975
REPORT ON SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME
SUBMITTED TO GOVERNMENT
FAMILY CONDITIONS, LIVING ENVIRONMENT AND CERTAIN ASPECT
OF THE SCHOOL SYSTEM HAVE BEEN LISTED AS AMONG THE LONG-1. RM FACTORS COURILUTING TO DELIIKIDENCY IN NCIS KON3.
AT THE SAME TIME, DROPPING OUT FROM SCHOOL AND INVOLVEMENT WITH TRIAD SOCIETIES ARE CONSIDERED TO DE IMPORTANT IKHEDIATE FACTERS CONTRIBUTES TO CRIME ALD DELIQUENY.
THESE ARE AMONG THE FINDINGS OF A RESEARCH PROJECT INTO THE SOCIAL DACKGROULD OF YOUNG OFFELDERS IN NOEG KONG. THE PROJECT WAS CARRIED OUT BY THE SOCIAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF THE CHINESE UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG AT THE REQUEST OF THE GOVERNMENT'S SUL-COMMITTEE ON THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME IN DECEMLER 1973.
THE STUDY HAS RECENTLY BEEN COMPLETED AND ITS FINDINGS JUST SUCMITTED TO THE GOVERNMENT, TILY ARE NOW BEING RELEASED FOR PULLIC INFORMATION AND COMMENT.
ALTHOUGH THE FINDINGS ILLUSTRATE THAT CERTAIN FACTORS ARE OF MORE SIGNIFICANCE IN INDICATING A PREDILECTION TO CRIDHIKAL D'HAVIOUR, IT HAS MY DEEN PROVED COLCLUSIVELY THAT ANY ONE SINGLE FACTUR IS OF OVERWHELAILS IMPORTANCE.
IN FACT, THE REPORT STATES THAT BASED ON THE FINDINGS OF THIS RESEARCH, THE CAUSES OF CRIME AND DELIQUENCY ARE MULTIFACTORIAL<,
THE AUTHOR OF THE REPORT SAYS IT WOULD BE DANGEROUS TO SINGLE OUT ANY ONE FACTOR FROM ITS PROPER CONTEXT AID ATTACH UNDUE SIGNIFICANCE TO IT, AS WAS THE CASE WITH THE RECENT PRESS COVERAGE ON THE CONNECTION DETVEEN YOUNG OFFENDERS AND ÷KUNG FU CLUBS,
DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT, 479 YOUNG OFFENDERS AGED BETWEEN 12 AND 20 AND 491 NON-OFFENDERS OF THE SAME AGE WHO SERVED AS THE CONTROL GROUP, WERE INTERVIEVED BY THE RESEARCH TEAM.
THEY WERE ASKED QUESTIONS ON THEIR FAMILY BACKGROUND LIVING AND NEIGHBOURHOOD ENVIROMENT, SCHOOLING, EMPLOYMENT SITUÁTION, ATTACHMENT TO FRIENDS AND ACQUAINTANCES, FREE TIME ACTIVITIES, EXPOSURE TO MASS HEDIA AND PERSONAL AND SOCIAL ATTITUDES.
DEALING WITH FAMILY CONDITIONS, THE REPORT COTES THAT THERE ARE INDICATIONS OF WEAKER FAMILY DONDS DETUEEN OFFENDERS AND THEIR FAMILIES.
MOST OF THEM WERE REPORTED TO HAVE COME FROM DROKEN HOMES ON UNHAPPY FAMILIES WITH UKFAVOURABLE PAIS T-CHILD RELATIONSHIPS AND WITH A RELATIVELY LOW SOCIO-ECONO.!!: STAÏDJ.
THE REPORT SAYS THAT AT THE MOST, FAMILY COLDITION COULD JUST DE CONSIDERED A LONG TERM FACTOR LEADING TO CRIME.
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