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...procession ended at Yangoru, a village four miles from the mountain. The leader, a sometime policeman and Catholic mission employee named Yeliwan Matthias, 42, told the bearers to drop the stolen markers outside the local government post, part of Australia's administrative network in Northeast New Guinea. Then Yeliwan raised his eyes and wailed: "It all depends...
Nearly all the girl hitchhikers are white and under 20. Their attackers, however, are generally not the "dirty old men" of lore, but young men in their 20s out cruising for trusting girls who feel "safe" riding with someone their own age. Said one policeman: "These girls believe their mothers' stories about the 'dirty old men.' They think anyone over 30 is out to get them. So they hop into a car driven by a young guy with long hair and beads. These are the guys who, in most cases, are committing the assaults...
...everyone is pleased with the name-to-number switch. In an opinion poll about the change, 31% protested. "I have been a number long enough as a soldier and a prisoner of war," said a retired policeman. "I want to keep my name...
Slowed down by a dilatory auto ahead of him on an English highway, former Racing Ace Stirling Moss stepped on the gas and passed the slowpoke. Unfortunately, the leisurely motorist turned out to be an off-duty policeman, who charged Moss with crossing a double white line. Haled into court, one of the world's most famous drivers had his license taken away. "Terribly unfair," grumbled Moss, who had to be chauffeured home by his attorney. "At the moment I'm riding a bicycle and it's bloody awful...
...offending the offender." Israeli Criminologist Menachem Amir, who set up the victimology course at Berkeley, cites cultural factors: to participate in certain lifestyles, such as prostitution and drug addiction, is to court trouble. There are some occupations, too, that are likely to attract violence: cab driver, bank teller and policeman, among others. The motivation for seeking these jobs sometimes includes an unconscious need to be a victim, or a wish to defy fate...