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FRIDAY, AUGUST 29, 1975
COMMENTING ON THE REPORT, THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SUB-COMMITTEE ON THE SOCIAL CAUSES OF CRIME, MR. JIMMY SWEETMAN, HOPED ITS PUBLICATION WOULD STIMULATE DÍSCUSSION ON THE FACTORS WHICH LED YOUNG PEOPLE TO TURN TO CRIME AND DELIQUENT ACTIVITY.
*GENERALLY SPEAKING THE FINDINGS DEMONSTRATED BY SCIENTIFIC ANALYSIS THE VALIDITY OF WHAT HAD PREVIOUSLY ONLY BEEN SUBJECTIVE PRECONCEPTIONS ON THE FACTORS CONTRIBUTING TO DELIQUENCY,+ 'HE SAID.
AS THE REPORT WAS STILL BEING STUDIED, MR. SWEETMAN THOUGHT IT WOULD BE PREMATURE TO MAKE DETAILED COMMENTS, BUT TWO POINTS VERE WORTH NOTHING: THE INDICATION THAT YOUNG OFFENDERS SEEMED TO BE MORE SATISFIED WITH THEIR NEIGHBOURHOOD ENVIRONMENT=. AND THE RELATIVE SATISFACTION WITH THEIR HOME AND EXTERNAL ENVIRONMENT EXPRESSED BY BOTH OFFENDERS AND NON-OFFENDERS WHO LIVED IN PUBLIC LOW COST HOUSING ESTATES COMPARED WITH THEIR COUNTERPARTS. NOT ONLY THOSE IN SQUATTER AND EX-RESETTLEMENT HOUSING BUT ALSO THOSE LIVING IN PRIVATE HOUSING.
HE ADDED THAT THE HEADS OF ALL INTERESTED DEPARTMENTS WERE NOW STUDYING THE REPORT AND WOULD ALSO TAKE INTO CONSIDERATION PUBLIC COMMENTS.
+THEY WILL REVIEW THEIR POLICIES TO SEE WHETHER ANY CHANGE IN DIRECTION OR EMPHASIS MAY BE EFFECTIVE NOT ONLY IN REDUCING THE INCIDENCE OF CRIME AMONG YOUNG PEOPLE, BUT AS A MORE POSITIVE MEASURES IN IMPROVING THE ENVIRONMENT AND LIFE STYLES OF THOSE WHO LIVE IN OUR COMMUNITY.+
MR. SWEETMAN SAID THAT A NUMBER OF RECOMMENDATIONS IN THE REPORT HAD ALREADY BEEN IMPLEMENTED BY VARIOUS GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS AND VOLUNTARY AGENCIES INVOLVED EITHER BEFORE OR DURING THE COURSE OF THE PROJECT.
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