CAUSES OF CRIME

North Otago Times, Volume CVII, Issue 17748, 9 March 1927, Page 5

CAUSES OF CRIME

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"(AbEtraliau and N.Z. Prasrf Asaaci&uiOD.) ■■ Refceived Tuesday, 10.5 p.m.- H NEW YORK, March 7.- H Professor Raymond Moley, of CiH lumhia University, a noted soclol^H gist, addressing the Glergy C 1 ulj^H said the general condition of incoisH petent police work, inexperienc^H prosecutors pitted against legal vH| terans defending criminals, publiBE parsimony toward expenditure foH an efficient penal system, sinisteH politics, publicity-seeking judgeM and the yellow Press are the majoH causes of crime in the United StateiH No American familiar with the pofl lice records can he proud of theiflM We have the sordid, impossible sitfl uation of obsfcenity inthe Press an« the insidious trial of cases in th'« newspapers, done with the bias G« trying to huild up a circulatiofljH which are causes of the defeat ofl the criminal courts. S