CRIME.
iy, To the Editor, Sib, —"Altered conditions of society w cause changes in the character of crime.” I remember when I was a boy going to the well for water* Sometimes the water was scarce, at others it was plentiful. When it was scarce there was a great deal of quarrelling, lying, and fighting about it; when it was plentiful, there was neither quarrelling, lying, nor fighting. According to this, altered conditions of society prevent crime altogether. Men commit crime in order to get the necessaries of life, or •what they consider such. If men could get what they want with little difficulty, they would not commit crime. The way then to prevent crime is to alter the conditions of society, so that every one can get what he wants with little difficulty. lam not going to say that that which men think they require is always the best for them, neither am I going to say that it would be best for us if we could get aU that we require with little or no effort.—! am, &c., J.R. Dunedin, April 9.
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Evening Star, Issue 3785, 12 April 1875, Page 2
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184CRIME. Evening Star, Issue 3785, 12 April 1875, Page 2
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