CRIMELESS SOCIETY
MINISTER’S VISION
END OF PRESENT SYSTEM i
ADDRESS TO POLICE
(Per Press Association.) WELLINGTON, this day
A vision of a golden age when crime would disappear, made possible only by the dissolution of the present economic system, was conjured up by the Minister of Labour, the Hon. P. C. Webb, addressing police officers at the annual conference. He said that it seemed to him that in a society which allowed some of its people to be driven to degradation and penury, while it allowed others to grow enormously wealthy, .•rime was inevitable. “We want,” he said, “to lay the foundation of a society in which crime will be practically unheard oi and in which every human personality is given a chance to flower in all its beauty. Crime would then be only the outcome of mental instability. Bosons so suffering would be l reared pathologically in the same way as those who have suffered physical ills. t “The police officer who did most good was one who had a pretty good knowledge of psychology. “After all, your job is not primarily to put people in cells, but rather to prevent their reaching the stage when that is -necessary,” added Mr. Webb.
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Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 11
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203CRIMELESS SOCIETY Gisborne Herald, Volume LXVI, Issue 20079, 27 October 1939, Page 11
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