Editorial March 14, 1994 Issue

Criminality and innocence

Original in German

Michael A. Seek

The two women in the subway were reading the newspaper. They exchanged but few words. One woman sighed, "This thing with the criminality is getting worse and worse." To which the other responded, "Yes, it is, and there's nothing one can do about it." Then they became deeply engrossed in their reading material again.

The hopelessness of the second statement in particular affected me, and I thought about why I could not, nor did I want to, agree with it.

Much is written on the causes of criminality. Several contributing factors may now be the open borders in Europe and the increasingly evident gap in income levels, internationally operating criminal organizations, and a flourishing illegal drug trade.

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