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I have recently had serious meetings both in <\/span>London<\/span> and <\/span>Johannesburg<\/span> with people concerned with youth crime. <\/span><\/span>There are two things which everyone needs. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>They are ‘significance’ and ‘achievement’. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

In today’s world the only way a youngster can get these is through crime. There is the significance of belonging to a gang or showing off to your peers. There is the immediate achievement of crime: stolen goods, a graffiti, a broken window. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>There is very little opportunity for positive achievement. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span>Schoolwork is not enough. Sport is not enough. Learning to play tennis in the hope that one day you might win at <\/span>Wimbledon<\/span> is too remote. There is a need for achievement as immediate as that of crime.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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