11.   Stretched to the limit ... police chief says petty crime is going unchecked.

12.   Labourers were continually being hauled in for petty crime and drunkenness.

13.   He became involved in petty crime as a teenager.

14.   ...petty crime, such as handbag-snatching and minor break-ins.

15.   Petty crime is having a deleterious effect on community life.

16.   APTS are currently concentrating their campaign on schools, trying to deter youngsters from petty crime before they have a chance to start.

17.   Stretched to the limit... police chief says petty crime is going unchecked.

18.   But he did not disagree that it was a life of tiny incidents, of often petty crime and indiscretion, of being an integral part of the community.

19.   Mr Cowan believes young children can get sucked into a world of petty crime and solvent abuse as a result.

20.   And judging from the relentless pressure of petty crime, there is strong evidence that the Camorra does not lack new recruits.