Show CAUSES OF CRIME in their efforts to find an explanation for the increasing prevalence of crime many thoughtful persons have concluded that the tendency to burden the public with a multiplicity of laws may account for much of the lawlessness which now prevails speaking before an international convention of police chiefs dr cariton simon said we can limit and harass hu man freedom to such an extent that even the normally balanced individual feels that he is oppressed and will seek unlawful means of expressing his personality sona lity through the operation of innumerable laws and the activities tivi ties of government agencies employed we are restricted strict ed inspected spied upon investigated and caused many unnecessary annoyances which are resented by a people who love freedom if more attention were paid to apprehending and punishing real criminals while allowing greater fredom from harrass ment to respectable citizens we should doubtless have a more law abiding and happier citizenship |