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Show Sociologist discusses crime BY JEFF SMITH Chronicle Staff Although crime has been around forever, the issue has come into prominence especially during the last election when the cry of "law'n order" was heard across the country. John Pennock, University Director Di-rector of Institutes and Conferences Con-ferences has been studying crime for 20 years. Pennock came to Utah last year after nine years of teaching criminology at Utah State University. Previously he had been the director of the San Diego Coordinating Council for Crime and Delinquency. Saying that he was basically trained as a sociologist and social worker, Pennock said he was concerned con-cerned with kids and because of this concern he moved more and more toward crime prevention. Pennock stated that some of the reasons crime keeps going up include the great dissatisfaction of the poor, the breakdown of traditional tradi-tional family and church ties, the drug situation, and the lack of respect for police by the public. On this last aspect Mr. Pennock commented that a study he conducted con-ducted two years ago among the college-age people showed that while most respected the police a significant minority did not. While money will help crime prevention, Mr. Pennock stated it alone can't solve the problem. He referred to President Nixon's signing sign-ing of the Omnibus Crime Bill, which provides $3& billion to fight crime as a positive step. A lot of money can be put into the penal institutions so that adequate care and rehabilitation can be provided for the inmates, thereby giving the convicts some hope that they can adjust to society when they come out, Pennock Pen-nock stated. |
