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...later passage, Hoving confesses to contemplating theft. Visiting Florence's Bargello, a sculpture museum, he spies an ivory plaque with the same distinctive workmanship as the cross. Knowing he must feel the ivory piece in his hands to examine it, and reluctant to petition for permission, he slickly unscrews the case in the absence of the guard. "For an instant," he concedes, "I even thought the unthinkable...
Does too much protection defeat the purposes of a public library-easy access and scholarly research? Princeton University last week declared that because of thefts, after 33 years of unlimited access, its library may be closed next year to everyone except students and faculty. Most librarians, however, try to combine limited security measures with a public awareness campaign. In Atlanta, theft from the city's 350,000-volume main library dwindled noticeably after the city began publicizing its new detection system...
VIOLENT CRIMESSEX CRIMES PROPERTY CRIMES THEFTS 1981 1980 1981 1980 1981 1980 1981 1980 Homicide 0 0 Sexual Assault 2 0 Arson 5 2 More than $100 490 503 Sudden death 2 1 Exhibitionism 9 14 Bomb threat 6 8 Less than $100 590 698 Assault 37 35 Voyeurism 0 1 Breaking&entering 78 59 Burglary 6 10 Robbery 10 14 Obscene call 77 138 Trespassing 64 57 Auto theft 83 102 Rape 5 4 Other 0 1 Vandalism 243 301 Bike theft 242 255 Other 3 1 Bldg.take-over 0 0 Other 3 7 Other 4 2 (Includes...
According to police statistics, these changes have resulted in a recent decrease in vandalism and in all categories of theft (See chart). But violent crime is still on the rise; last year, there were more reports of rape (5) and assault (37) at Harvard than ever before...
Drought, rainstorms, theft and perennial mismanagement...