Behaviour of criminals will not change

May 22, 2016 Editorial, Features / Columnists

There have been many editorials written on crime, violence and murders in the country. But one cannot help but continue to write on these issues because almost every day there are headlines in the papers about murders, armed robberies and violence.
The robbery at the Princess Ramada Hotel Casino clearly suggests that there is no safe haven in Guyana. Also, it seems as though women have become an endangered group in the country. The recent murders of the “maid of honour,” Simone Hackett, by her child father, by her reputed husband at Rose Hall, Corentyne and 71-year-old Serojanie Ramkarran of Zeelugt, East Bank Demerara by her husband are tragic reminders that women are imperiled.
However, murderers are evil human beings. And that is the most frightening thing about them. Their gunplay has petrified society and the citizens, including the elderly who are glued to their homes at night, terror-stricken.
Although the police are inclined to have the people believe that crime has declined, the population is in panic mode.
Statistics show that murders, armed robberies and rapes continue in the first three and a half months of the year with a distinct spike in gun violence throughout the country but police are apprehending the criminals faster now than before.
Murder and armed robbery are disastrous, ruinous and profoundly lamentable. However low the number is for murders, they are catastrophic and not acceptable or remotely comforting to the nation.
The fact that guns are entering the country illegally or are mysteriously eluding officials is very troubling. The government must be careful not to make the gun smugglers become confident by promoting the idea that this was always the case. It must act to end this lawlessness and stem the influx of high-powered weapons, especially AK 47s in the country.
It is poor comfort to the people for the authority to peddle the myth that violence in society today has been no more vicious and prevalent than it was 50 years ago when Guyana attained its independence.
It is true that much of the murders and armed robberies are committed by youths who have refined the practice of boldness, ruthlessness and total disregard for life, limb and property. But it is also true that society with its aberrant behaviour is a consequence of youth violence. Studies have shown that poverty and illiteracy are the root causes of youths becoming hard core criminals.
In Proverbs 22:6, Solomon, indisputably the wisest man ever on earth said that we should “train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”
Many believe that the state should urgently play a more remedial and proactive role in improving the behaviour of youths and sharpen their minds to civility, propriety and humanity. Fighting crime is not an easy task for any government, but for the Minister of Public Security to tell members of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce that he is too busy with the jubilee celebrations to discuss the crime situation is tantamount to telling those of the Berbice Chamber of Commerce to “haul your ass,” words used by the Minister while in opposition.His display of arrogance is insulting to the people of Berbice.To put it bluntly, he has failed the people.
Truth be told, the public is disappointed with theMinister’s poor crime fighting techniques, and so too are the criminals who continue to ravage society with impunity. One death is too many but if those in authority continue to keep their heads buried in the sand, the people are in for a long haul because the barbaric and immoral behavior of criminals will not changeanytime soon.

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