Merlyn Rees on the causes of crime

Title

Merlyn Rees on the causes of crime

Genre

Interview

TX Date

5 Oct 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:04:04

Description

Home Secretary Merlyn Rees discusses the impact of television violence on youth and whether it is causing an increase in crime. Rees also discusses unemployment and football hooliganism; he also commends football manager Brian Clough for tackling the latter. Female interviewer not identified. Audio quality poor.

Contributors

Merlyn Rees

Keywords

Government; Labour Party; Crime; Police; Television; Violence; Unemployment; BBC; Association football; Crime prevention; Hooliganism; Youth; Crime reduction; Brian Clough; Television viewing

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