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FRIDAY, JULY 1, 1983

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IN 1982 PROSECUTIONS FOR ROBBERY DROPPED BY 41 PER CENT; FOR BURGLARY BY 36 PER CENT; FOR THEFT BY 34.5 PER CENT AND FOR CRIMINAL DAMAGE BY 26 PER CENT.

THESE FIGURES HAVE DEMONSTARTED CLEARLY WHAT CAN BE

ACHIEVED WHEN THE FORCES OF GOVERNMENT AND THE COMMUNITY GET TOGETHER TO TACKLE A SERIOUS PROBLEM WITH COMMITMENT, ENTHUSIASM AND PROFESSIONALISM, THE ACTING GOVERRNOR SAID.

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HE APPEALED TO EVERYONE IN THE COMMUNITY PARTICULARLY YOUNG PEOPLE - TO JOIN IN THE 83/84 CAMPAIGN AND HELP PREVENT OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME.

'' APART FROM THE DAMAGE IT DOES TO SOCIETY AS A WHOLE, IT IS THE FIRST STEP ALONG THE PATH WHICH INEVITABLY LEADS TO A RUINED AND WASTED LIFE.

''TO YOUNG PEOPLE I WOULD SIMPLY REITERATE THE CAMPAIGN THEMES - 'DON'T GET INVOLVED IN CRIME AND THERE IS NO GLAMMOUR IN CRIME'.

''TO THE PARENTS, RELATIVES AND FRIENDS OF THE YOUNG, I WOULD SAY THIS IF YOU HAVE ANY REASON TO BELIEVE THAT Á YOUNG PERSON YOU KNOW MAY BE IN DANGER OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME, CONSULT THE AUTHORITIES. AFTER ALL, PREVENTION IS ALWAYS BETTER THAN CURE, SIR PHILIP SAID.

GIVING DETAILS OF THE CAMPAIGN, THE ACTING GOVERNOR SAID THE PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE WOULD BE ALL MALES AGED BETWEEN 14 AND 20 AND ALL OTHER YOUNG PERSONS CONSIDERED TO BE 'AT RISK' OF BECOMING INVOLVED IN CRIME.

A SECONDARY, BUT IMPORTANT, TARGET AUDIENCE WILL BE PEOPLE MOST CLOSELY CONNECTED WITH THE PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE AND THOSE WHO CAN GUIDE OR INFLUENCE THEM AWAY FROM A LIFE OF CRIME.

THE MAIN OBJECTIVES OF THE CAMPAIGN ARE TO DISSUADE THE PRIMARY TARGET AUDIENCE AND OTHER YOUNG PEOPLE FROM BEING INVOLVED IN CRIME, TO PERSUADE THE SECONDARY TARGET AUDIENCE TO EXERT POSITIVE INFLUENCE ON THE YOUNG AND TO ENLIST PUBLIC SUPPORT IN. COMBATTING SUCH CRIMES.

''THIS WILL INVOLVE A CAREFULLY BALANCED MIX OF STRONG MEDIA PUBLICITY AND COMMUNITY RELATED ACTIVITIES DIRECTED AT WARNING YOUNG MALES AWAY FROM CRIME AND ENCOURAGING THE REST OF THE COMMUNITY TO SUPPORT THIS MOVE AND TO REPORT SUCH CRIMINAL ACTIVITY TO THE POLICE, SIR PHILIP SAID.

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GOVERNMENT DEPARTMENTS, DISTRICT BOARDS, JUNIOR POLICE CALL, PARTICULARLY JPC LEADERS, OTHER YOUTH ORGANISATIONS, DISTRICT FIGHT CRIME COMMITTEES, MUTUAL AID COMMITTEES AND OWNERS' INCORPORATIONS AND VOLUNTARY ORGANISATIONS WILL PARTICIPATE IN THE CAMPAIGN.

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