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The WO<d of God c:learly slates one
ultimate deterrenl 10 crime: •' ...
by
lhe
fear of the Le<d men depart from evil"
(l;'roverbs 16:6).
The responsibility for failing to set
forth powerfully the roality of God, his
righteous laws, his ultimate judgment
- as well as his merey and forgiveness ·
- lies at th1 door of the modern minis-
lry.
(4)
Permlulve Soc:iety
Movies.
T\1,
advertisemonts, maga–
zines and scandal sheets everywhere
glamorize the violent. the lust provok–
ing, or the perverse. Films now promote
all kinds of racially orientad "criminal"
hero-typos as the virtual new idols and
idea ls of manhood (and evel\ woman–
hood) . The not-very·subtle message
gol$ through to many youth:
" e
rime
and violence pay- money. status. sex
-just be'smart and don' t get caught."
Crime pays all rtght. Whole oreas of
coties are virtual c:esspools catering to
the basesl of hurrnon bahavior. The pub–
loe' a
furtove support of vice faedsa grow–
ong lyranny-<)f organizad crime .
Everywhere youth are undor prossuro
from their poérs to confe<m 10 bizarre.
enmona!
0<
unethical practices: Orugs
and alcohol abuse plague all lovels of
SOCI&Iy Pornography. corrup1ion high
and low, dishonesl business practices.
corporate rip..offs. cheating, lying, sleal–
ing. othnic and class prejudices. dis–
criminaloon - you nama it - all lhese
plague our society and fuel óur crominal
or !J'OfaiÍy
vac~ous
&lmosphero: ;ill ihe
money or laws in 1he world won' l pulan
end to thom. Thay era due to wrong
mor•land splrltu111
vatues.
(5) Poverty
Popular ¡:riminal theory places gr.eat
emphasis ori poverty as · a. bre<lding
ground for crime. And
it
is . Poverty con–
centrates the worst of huinan c:ondi–
tions. including criminal behavior.
But
poverty ls not en ••cvse for cr/me end
vlolence,
as many-$eem to implyl ·
~
Brlnging people out of poverty should
be a mejor goel, but 10 suggeSI thal
poverty os an ac:cepteble justificiotion for
c:rime and violence is an
inSYit
to the
gree1 mass of people of all o:aces who
have loved for years in deprived areas
but who do no1 commil crime Many
poverty·stricken individuals -
the
greatest
victims
of violent crime - do
not pormil thoor condition to be an ex–
cuse for cnminal behavior or disrespect
for others.
(6) Crippled Criminal
Justíce
•
The suresl way to promote a criminal
society
os
to make sure crime pays. And
trag1cally.
rn
America.
it
pays
fre:
quently. like almO$! every other in–
Stolutoon, 1he
·u.s.
criminal justice
ays1em has brol<'en dowit, become seri·
ously cripplad and even blind.
Crime experts estímate of·all reportad
mejor criminal offenses,
only
7% leed lo
arres1s, only 2% to convictions. only
1
%
lo prisona. and nona lo lhe death
penalty. Tho eharoce ol boing punished
for a serious crime in the U.S. is only 1
in
100
..
"Lews on books don'l deter [crime], •·
says Sena1or McCiellan . " l l ' s the en·
10
IIII'S IIJWI
The
threa1
of
crime ls an
.-~
..._, W<llid–
wide. Many of va
Uve
In
• datiY
fea.- of
be<xHnlng
a
victim~
But
wñy?
y014..why
there lo
an lnter–
~tional
crime crisia In
al
faceta
of
aooety.
k """'–
"'- root -
of
Crirne
and
-
·cnme·o
Ten Com–
mandments"
w1th
a
h•gher
forc:emenl of those
laws
that is the de·
terrent.··
But society·s ' 'thin blue lino·· of
cr~mi
nal defens.e. 1he J>?lice. find lhemselves
in an unenviable position. Not only un–
derarmed and overwhelmed by lhe
Slaggeñng volume of crime they must
deal with, law entorcement officoals are
olten hamstrung by public attitudos and
court decisions in their enforcemen1 of
laws.
Changing social values - particu–
larly conceming lhe so-called viclimloss
crimes -
makes
enforcement con–
fusing and difficult. Many citizens
scream for more polioe. but increased
police population is no great deterrent
to crime. Unfortunately. police corrup–
tion in sorne cities
has seriousfy
marred
their
image and
undercut their
mucti..
needed public support.
Addiñg. to 1he policeman's frustra·
tions. loday's
c:ourts,
judges and law·
yers are swamped wi1h criminal cases
- aod a lol of liberal thinkong. The
result is much delayed justic:e, unfaor
¡ustice, or no justice al all . Thousands of
hardened criminals are released on 1he
streets.time and time
.again.
'A
case
in poinl: In
1971 , New
Yor1<
City police mada
94,042
lelony_arrests. Only
552
wen1 10
tria!. The rest? They were " dos·
posed
ol." dismissed ou1ñgh1, or
reduced
to misdemeanors or
lesser felonies by plea bargain·
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solved with wall-to-wall c:ops, 'or bener
prosecu1ors." as long as "courts tum
convicted felons back on our streets."
Oavis charges. "The surest deterrent 10
crime is the . knowlédge by potenlial
criminals tha1 the.y are likely 10 bg
caught, and the certainty - 1he c:er–
tainty - lhat once caught lhey will be
promptly • proseculed , convicled if
guilty. and jailed. There is no such c:er–
lainty today. Thos idea
ha~
become a
farce ."
Chief Davis depicts our upside-down,
law-and:Order socieW by sayi ñg. " The
people are locked up in lheir homes and
offices. and the criminafs are pursuing
happiness on the
streets. ·•
As
for the " succ:ess" ol lhe modem
prison system, one sourc:e pain1s • a
gloomy picture succ:inctly: " Big, ugly,
expensive facilities for the
manufacture
and slorage of crominals." Something os
horribly
wrong
with our whole crimonal
justice structurel
Our nation has violated one of the
cardinal deterrents to crime: ..Beeause
sentence against an evil
\IY'Or'k
is
ñot
exe–
culed speedify. therele<e the heart of
lha sons of men
is
fully set in them 10 do
evir: (Ec:clesiastes
8 :11). •
Coming:
l.aow
and Order
(wit h Justice and Merey)
The bad news is lhal 1he whole social
values of sociely need to be changed
Tha good ·news is 1ha1 1he whole value .
' sys1em ' of mankind is
going
10 be
.changed in the not-too4istant future.
But
befo;; that day comes. menkmd
.has yel to experience an even wor&e
• crime 'V"Ve for rejecting the true God,
his Word and
11
truly righl way of lile
based on.his law.
Q
•
WEEJ< ENDINO APRIL
S. 1915