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STOPPING
JUVENILE CRIME
at Its Roots
by
Donald D. Schroeder
Why the failure to pinpoint the primary cause of youth crime
and violence? Here is the critica!
solution to this soaring- and frightening-problem!
~~I F
1
WE R E
God, 1 would
be an angry
God, but 1 am
o n ly me ... a
mothe r , a wom–
an- and afr a id!"
This terrorized
citizen from south–
west Los Angeles,
California, wrote of
her tragic experi–
ences to the Los
Angeles
Times,
one
of the largest and
most respec t ed
newspapers in t he
u.s.
She is not alone in
her fears.
A Wo rldwlde Plague
1n recent months,
newspapers across the
continent of Eu rope
report similar fears. A growing army
of aimless, often inarticulate and
unemployable youth are spreading
nihilistic revolt. They do not know
what they want except self-gratifica–
tion. "Self Not Society" proclaim
their protest posters. They drift
casually from r iot to riot.
Says Pim Van den Berg, an
September , 198 1
Amsterdam social worker: "The
impotence that many young people
feel encou rages them to live for the
moment-the new sensation, the
kick. T hey have no idea of what
will happen to them in 1O or 20
years- and they no longer care."
I t is time we faced reality. Some–
thing is horribly wrong in cult ures
that prod uce pur–
poseless, hopeless
youth. These "no fu–
t ure people" (as they
are known in West
Germany) take over
empty bui ldings,
smoke marijuana and
sally forth into vio–
lent street battles
with pol ice.
Nations occidental
and oriental report
this alarming in–
crease in crime and
violence. There is a
reason.
Does God see and
ignore? What will be
;¡¡
H is response? Whom
: does God ho ld re–
i
sponsible?
l
T he Bible- the
!
source that precisely
~
prophesies today's
: trend to worsening
~
violence- also pin-
points the primary
cause
and what God will do about
it! Here is the book that foretold
cause and effect in our mounting
social problems.
"For men shall be lovers of their
own selves, covetous, boasters,
proud, blasphemers, disobedient to
parents, unthankful ...
without
natural affection
...
fierce,
despis-
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