CRIME AND THE GREAT SOCIETY
Publié le 07/02/2012
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Crime in the United States is a national disgrace... In some urban areas nearly half of all the residents stay off the streets at night for fear of attack, a third have grown too cautious to speak to strangers, a fifth have become so terrified that they would prefer to move out of their present neighbourhoods. More and more people report that they keep firearms at home for self-protection; watchdogs are becoming as popular as the friendly family pet. There is a growing tendency to believe that the Government cannot or will not protect the average citizen....
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World War II bave sbarply limited the market for unskilled
labor...
Frustrated youths, unable to find work, become bored
and cynical, convinced that life
is a racket, that social responsi
bility
is a joke.
TIME ESSAY, Time, March 24, 1967.
1.
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1) What is the effect of the fear of crime on the different cate
gories of individuals? How do they react?
2) Comment upon the following statement: "There is a
growing tendency to believe that the Govemment cannot
or
will not protect the average citizen."
3) Do you agree with the fact that increasing urbanization bas
much
to do with the growth of crime?
4) Discuss the family and community responsibilities in the
problem
of juvenile delinquency.
2.
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Translate the last paragraph (from "That so large a propor
tion ...
" to the end).
1) What is the effect of the fear of crime on the different cate
gories of individuals? How do they react?
In urban areas: people have all more or less the same reaction
of Protection.
They:
- barricade themselves in their bouses.
- huy
ail sorts of weapons.
- are accompanied by a watch-dog.
- desire
to move to another district.
• Suppression of the traditional human and social behaviour.
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Fear of people in general.
• General atmosphere of fear, imbedded in the people.
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