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The impulsive need to condemn is a reaction to our inability to describe why riots happen in some disadvantaged areas and not others. We should be making a concerted effort to separate the process of identifying and punishing criminal acts from understanding why they happen, particularly on a large scale. Instead we get the constant insistence that people are rational moral actors — and that violence has no place in a reasonable society.

When people come to Australia either to settle or just for a while as students, they often have problems with money, their jobs, their housing and buying cars and other goods.

David Porter, Solicitor, Greater police powers unfair to ill, homeless, Sydney Morning Herald.

Joanna Schulman, CEO, in Landlords 'demanded sex' from students, Sydney Morning Herald.

Joanna Shulman, Executive Officer, Alcohol-free zones don't go far enough, Sydney Morning Herald.

I sympathise with Michael Texilake's concerns (Letters, July 20), but many of his complaints can effectively be dealt with by existing legal remedies where the conduct is threatening or excessive. A more effective short-term solution to "music, burn-outs, fights and all-night public rampages" may be found in the Summary Offences Act and the Protection of the Environment Operations Act.

Elizabeth Morley, Principal Solicitor, Eliminate unfair practices from the credit industry, Sydney Morning Herald.