Social Crime

Social crime is that which happens between people who know each other, such as family members and friends. Because these crimes often happen in the privacy of a home, they go unnoticed by the police unless a family member, friend or neighbor makes a call to the police.

Because of the social nature of these crimes, family pressure often causes these cases to be dropped, and they thus never land up in court. This also means that they are never adequately solved, and the situation tends to continue from week to week, usually over weekends.

In a great number of these cases, substance abuse is a great contributor. Alcohol and drugs both play a part, and it is often the substance more than the social factors that leads to the abuse.

Theft too, comes into play here, as a great number of crimes are committed to feed a habit. When stealing to find money for drugs or alcohol, the thief will usually not go very far to look for something. Young members of a family will often steal small but valuable items from a home to sell, and only once they get caught will they move their activities out of the house and into the neighborhood.

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