ALCOHOL AND CRIME
Cut out the beer in Sydney for a month and there would be few criminal acts. An investigation shows that many of the alleged assaults occurred in brawls between men who bad been drinking together.” This statement front a Sydney “police spokesman” as
an explanation of the reported crime wave in that city gives emphasis to the oft reported claim made by Temperance advocates that alcohol and crime are closely connected. The facts, of course, are clear enough, but thev seldom receive such emphatic confirmation from such a source. It is a curious commentary on human nature that even when the truth is so clear, there is a lack of willingness to face its implications because a social custom is involved. A great proportion of crime in New Zealand would he eliminated it our people had the commonsense to act realistically upon the obvious evidence.—From “The Outlook.” Julv 24th, 1946.
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White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 8, 1 September 1946, Page 4
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153ALCOHOL AND CRIME White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 8, 1 September 1946, Page 4
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