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about them and could teach them so much. Learning was fun and the natural thing to do in school. As long as teachers were prepared, organized, and were fair with the kids; almost all learned and obeyed.

Universities had rules in the dorms and while on campus during this time period. There was order and safety anywhere on campus. Communication and co-operation was there between parents and university staff. Parents felt very secure with their sons and daughters on campus. So did the students! Campus security was a non-issue. Those of us who attended universities during the "60's" and before never heard the word.

Crime in our country and in the world has increased because of the lack of sound family life for kids and the deteriation of schools. Discipline is totally out of hand in many homes and schools. Crime is happening right at home and in school. Young people are not safe many times neither at home or in school. Society therefore has become more and more unsafe since people just break the law. More and more have become criminals. They simply do what they want to do and have total disregard for the law even when they end up in jail. They just keep on coming back.

While most people want to do the right thing they become criminals since they never learned to follow rules, mores, and law. Society has trained them to break the law. Many people today would need a policeman or policewoman 24 hours a day to make sure they follow the law. No society can provide that so here we are in a lawless society. Everyone is in danger anywhere since many people don't care about following the law.

Some people become criminals in spite of the best of family life, school, or society. These individuals are much more complex and commit very serious crimes. Even when there is a just trial and it is proven that they broke the law, many do not see what they did was wrong nor do they show any remorse. No matter how violent their crimes may be they did it to fulfill some immediate need they had and will do it again. Even if the best of psychatrists figure it out, few can figure out how to control them nor can they guarantee that they will not do it again.

The individual and society have both a lot to do with the definition of a criminal. Society has the right to insist on and punish any individual who disobeys the law. The individual also has a right to be trained to obey law not just to be punished. Law is what binds all individuals in any society. Everyone needs to be trained to not only obey the law but to love the law. If every individual did that there would be no need for written law or the judicial system. There would be no criminals or need for prisons. That is a society we all should be born into.

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