Word: snatchers
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...lawyer represented a six-year-old boy who had been neglected by his mother; though the court ruled that the parent could keep the child, a program of supervision was set up to discourage future mistreatment. Occasionally there are heartening successes: a youth injured while chasing a purse snatcher turned out to be a former purse snatcher himself, rehabilitated through clinic-inspired counseling and work programs...
Some elderly people fight back. Not long ago, Gertrude Booker, 75, wrestled a husky teen-age purse snatcher to the ground before she decided that her pocketbook, which contained only bus fare, really was not worth fighting for. Jane Gilbert, 70, has taken karate lessons, and is determined to go out after dark, although she has been held up twice...
...disappointment came upon reading that the victim decided not to press charges against the alleged purse-snatcher because "the police told her she would not be able to prove the charge." I, too, was advised by the Harvard Police not to go to court because my case was too weak. Yet, I believe that it is important for us at Harvard to demonstrate that this University is not an "easy" target for any sort of crime. Unfortunately, that is exactly the image which Harvard, as well as most universities, have encouraged precisely because of such unwillingness on the part...
...further disappointed to read in Weiss' article that the alleged purse-snatcher was allowed into the library by the guard, who failed to check his identification. It seems that such security measures have failed in their attempt to control crime...
...meting out their own law-and-order to those they consider criminals. "Every now and then, folks dealing in dope get their doors kicked in and their shit messed up," says one member of the unit. "When we find someone doing wrong, we wear his ass out. A purse-snatcher might end up with two broken hands." The vigilantes, however, do not always escape unscathed. So far, two have been stabbed while making their rounds...