Alcohol blamed for Victorian rising crime levels

July 28

The Victorian Government and Victoria Police have blamed alcohol abuse for rising violent crime levels.

Leaked police statistics show crimes committed against people is rising, with robberies up more than 15 per cent. The total crime rate has fallen, as have the number of homicides and rapes...

But the Deputy Police commissioner, Kieren Walshe, says... "There has been a deterioration in public order and we've seen an increase in assaults in and around licensed premises," he said.

Booze is the scapegoat, but the real cause is loss of social cohesion due to diverse immigration, further fueled by gangster chic, rap music, violent films and games, decline of the church, etc.