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Accidents, inevitability of, [48;]
conditions affecting chances of, [253;]
law of averages in, [259.]
Acquisition, instinct for, [49-50, 51;]
power of, not a measure of brain capacity, [51-54.]
Adultery, crime of, [90-91.]
Adventure, chance for, an incentive to crime, [54, 55], [79], [93.]
Age, relation of, to crime, [251;]
and disease, [252, 253.]
Alcohol, relation of crime to use of, [197-198.]
America, emotional side of man neglected in, [55;]
high ratio of property crimes per capita in, [98;]
system of justice in, superior to that of European countries, [281.]
Ancestry, effects of, [126-128.]
See Heredity.
Anger, as one underlying motive in punishment, [12;]
the cause of killings, [83.]
Animal, man a predatory, [94-100.]
Animal life, man's origin and development the same as that of other, [29-34.]
"Anti-social," significance of term, [5-6.]
Art, satisfaction of emotions by, [55.]
Automobile, effect of the, on crime, [208-211.]
Beauty, appeal of, to man's emotional side, [55.]
Bible, vengeance as purpose of punishment shown by, [13-14.]
Boys, development of criminals from, [58-64], [75-80;]
sex crimes among, [90-91;]
and the automobile lure, [210-211.]
Buckle, H. T., "History of Civilization," cited, [102-103.]
Burglar, development of a, [58-60, 62], [92-93.]
Burglary, crime of, [92-93.]
Capital punishment, question of, [166-171.]
Chance, man as subject to element of, [255-262.]
Children, as criminals, [75-80;]
sex crimes among, [90;]
rights of property unknown to, [107.]
Christianity, Pliny's correspondence with Trajan regarding, [225-228.]
Christians, belief of early, in punishment as vengeance, [14-19.]
Cities, relative prevalence of crime in, [75-79], [207-208;]
crimes against property in, [99.]
Civilization, limitations built up around heredity by, [42-43;]
growth of crime coincident with growth of, [203-211;]
the road to decay, [211-212;]
does not mean the humanizing of men, [228-229;]
new evils and new complexities with each new, [229.]
Confidence game in obtaining property, law against, [137.]
Conscience, as a guide to conduct, [4-5], [109.]
Conspiracy, statute concerning, [136-137.]
Convicts, in prison and after [120-123], [230-232;]
good found in, [181.]
Courts, growth in number and kind of, [139.]
Crime, defined, [1-11;]
purpose of punishment of, [12-27;]
failure of punishment as a deterrent from, [21-24;]
need for better understanding of, by the public, [27;]
responsibility for, [28-36;]
part played by heredity and environment in, [36;]
among women, [71-74;]
of homicide, [81-87;]
due to sex relations, [88-91;]
of robbery and burglary, [92-93;]
performed against property, [101-108;]
question of increase in, [134-142;]
industrialism and, [203-208;]
increase of, due to the automobile, [208-211;]
war and, [213-220;]
disease, accident, and, [250-254;]
elements of luck and chance as related to, [255-262;]
remedies for, [273-285.]
Criminal, scope of word, [1-6;]
one who violates "folk-ways" of his community, [6-9;]
purpose of punishment of the, [12-27;]
need for better understanding of, [27;]
reasons for existence of, [56-70;]
the female, [71-74;]
the juvenile, [75-80;]
attitude of the, [109-115;]
the law and the, [116-129;]
effect on others of punishment of, [158-160;]
stigmata of, [172-177;]
the good in the, [178-182;]
pardon, parole, and placing on probation of, [263-272.]
Criminal conduct, psychology of, [44-55.]
Dante, the hell of, [15.]
Death penalty, methods of inflicting, [163.]
Defectives, discussion of the, [183 ff.;]
in prisons, [184-185;]
proposed isolation or sterilization of, [233-249.]
Disease, treatment of crime contrasted with that of, [139-140], [154], [230-232;]
crime, accidents, and, [250-253.]
Doctors, employment of, in trials, as experts, [143-149.]
Dugdale, R.L., study of "The Jukes" by, [244-248.]
Education, a response to suggestion, [65;]
importance of, to the child, [77-78;]
of the subnormal and the backward, [237.]
Edwards, Jonathan, view held by, of punishment as vengeance, [17-19.]
Emerson, R. W., on non-obedience to law, [114.]
Emotions, factor of, in human action, [46-55;]
lack of satisfaction of, in American scheme of things, [55.]
England, system of justice in, [281.]
Environment, man the product of heredity and, [34-36;]
relation of heredity and, [37-40;]
adjustment of, to heredity, [41-43], [277-278;]
relation of, to development of criminal, [57-69;]
effects of, [201-202;]
necessity of improving, shown by studies of the Jukes and the Kallikaks, [244-249.]
Experts, medical, in courts, [143-149.]
Factory system, growth of cities due to, [76;]
and crime, [203-212;]
Fear, emotion of, in man, [46-47;]
instilling of, an object of punishment, [165.]
Feeble-minded, distinguishing between the normal and, [185-188.]
See Defectives.
Feuds, family, [12.]
Flight, instinct of, in man, [46-47.]
Folk-ways, crime defined as violation of, [6-7;]
enforcement of, by primitive man, [8;]
present-day laws descended from, [28;]
are still a guide to man, [99-100.]
Forgers, development of, [66-68.]
Freedom of speech, loss of, as result of World War, [220.]
Gang, the boy's, [79.]
Genius, a frequent indication of insanity, [239.]
Girls, protected life of, as compared with boys, [72;]
sex crimes among, [90-91.]
Glands, the ductless, and their use, [33-34], [38], [174.]
Grant, General, on repealing of bad law, [130.]
Grasset, Joseph, "The Semi-Insane and the Semi-Responsible," cited, [239.]
Gregariousness, instinct of, in man, [47-48, 50.]
Hatred, punishment actuated by, [12-19;]
killings traceable to, [83.]
Heredity, view of man as the product of environment and, [34-36;]
relation of environment and, [37-40;]
problem of future, to adjust environment to, [41-43], [277-278;]
responsibility of, for the criminal, [57-65;]
child criminal as result of, [78-79;]
accounting for accused men's actions by, [126-129;]
effects of, [201-202;]
laws of, not sufficiently known to justify sterilization, [237-238.]
Homicide, the crime of, [81-87.]
Ignorance, disease due to, [252.]
Illinois, operation of parole law in, [267.]
Incest, crime of, [89-90.]
Indeterminate sentence, the, [268-271], [278.]
Industrialism and crime, [76], [203-212.]
Insane, restraint of, a measure of self-protection, [26;]
treatment of, [144;]
in prisons, [184-185;]
allowances for, in criminal codes, [187-190;]
legal tests of, not logical or humane, [190-192.]
Instinct, human action largely governed by, [44-54;]
stress placed on, as motive power of life, [81-83.]
Intelligence tests, use of, [185-186.]
Intolerance, a persisting source of evil, [228-229.]
Isolation of the subnormal, [233-249.]
Jealousy, crime traceable to, [84-85.]
Jesus, doctrine of vengeance repudiated by, [13-14.]
Judges, attitude of, [282-283.]
Jukes family, study of the, [244-248;]
wrong deductions from, [248-249.]
Juries, attitude of, toward women criminals, [72, 73], [85;]
decision as to sanity of defendants left to, [144;]
abolition of, proposed by some, [282;]
better chances for the common man with, [283.]
Juvenile Prison, the, [59.]
Kallikak family, results of environment rather than heredity shown by, [249.]
Kidnapping, death penalty sometimes advocated for, [156.]
Killings. See Homicide.
Kleptomania, a form of insanity, [191-192.]
Labor, manual, and its poor pay, [69;]
training for manual, in schools, [69-70.]
Law, a codification of a custom, [8;]
and its infraction, [110-114;]
the criminal and the, [116-129;]
repealing of, [130-133;]
shortening and simplification of codes of, [278.]
Laws, feeling against so-called property, [112.]
Legislation, restrictive, resulting from World War, [220.]
Legislatures, fixing of punishments by, [155-156.]
Lockouts, crimes resulting from, [102.]
Lombroso, C, discarded theory of, [172.]
Luck, element of, as affecting man, [255-262.]
Man, origin and development of, like that of other animal life, [29-34;]
the product of heredity and environment, [34-36;]
as a predatory animal, [94-100;]
the outlook for, [274.]
Milton, the hell of, [15.]
Mind, operations of the, clouded in mystery, [24;]
seat of, in whole physical organism, [174.]
Money-getting, brain power not involved in, [51-54;]
crimes due to passion for, [104-105.]
Murder, not a profession like burglary or other crimes, [62;]
by robbers and burglars, [93.]
Music, satisfaction of emotions by, [55.]
Negroes, disregard of laws pertaining to, [132.]
Pacifism, a dream, [218-219.]
Panics, strikes following on, [102.]
Pardons, granting of, to criminals, [263-272.]
Parole, release of prisoners on, [265-272.]
Parole boards, [22;]
responsibilities of, [266-272;]
need of, for honesty, intelligence, and thorough equipment for work, [278-279.]
Parole laws, [218-219.]
Pick-pocket, development of the, [60-62.]
Pliny, letter of, quoted, [225-228.]
Poverty, relation between crime and, [101-102], [172, 176-177;]
of men charged with crime, [120.]
Prisoners, situation of, [120-123;]
proposed remedial measures affecting, [273-282.]
Prisons, reformation not accomplished in, [20-21.]
gradual improvement in, [163-164.]
Probation, system of, [271-272.]
Prohibition laws, [138;]
effect of, on crime, [197-198;]
Property, crimes against, [97-99;]
normal results of civilization, [100;]
discussion and analysis of, [101-108.]
Pugnacity, instinct of, in man, [47, 48.]
Punishment, purpose of, [12 ff.;]
hatred and vengeance as moving purposes of, [12-19;]
reformation viewed as aim of, [19-21;]
as a deterrent from crime, [21-24;]
impossibility of justifying, by any reasoning, [25-27;]
determining correct basis of fixing, [150-157;]
effects of too drastic, [156-157;]
results of, to others than the subject, [158-160;]
evolution of, [161-165;]
capital, [166-171;]
viewed as cruelty, not as a remedial measure, [275.]
Rape, crime of, [88-89, 91.]
Reason, slight effect of, on actions of men, [44-55.]
Reformation, viewed as purpose of punishment [19-21;]
impossibility of moral, of man, [276-277.]
Religion, emotional life supplied by [54-55;]
in early times, subjects for criminal code furnished by, [161-163;]
criminal code created with growth of, [223-224.]
Repulsion, instinct of, in man, [47.]
"Revelations of St. Peter," quotation from, [14-17.]
Revenge. See Vengeance.
Revenue laws, common violation of, [132.]
Revolutionists, position of, [114.]
Robbery, crime of, [92-93.]
Sabbath observance, disregard of laws concerning, [132.]
Self-protection, a justification of imprisonment, [25.]
Sentences of prisoners, basis of fixing, [156-157;]
indeterminate, [268-271], [278.]
Sentimentalism, defense of, [168-169.]
Sex instinct in man, [45, 48-49;]
jealousy and revenge caused by, [84-85;]
crimes resulting from, [88-91.]
Shoplifting, kleptomania and, [191-192.]
Social control, theory of, [136;]
discussion of, [193-202.]
Spanish Inquisition, ravages of the, [224.]
Sterilization of the defective, [233-249.]
Stigmata of the criminal, [172-177.]
Strikes, crimes following on, [102.]
Suggestion, power of, on human mind, [24], [65.]
Sumner, W.G., "Folkways" by, [131.]
Taboos, adoption of, by primitive man, [7-8.]
Tests, physical, of prisoners, [176-177;]
intelligence, for grading mentality of the backward, [185-186.]
Trajan, correspondence between Pliny and, [225-228.]
Vengeance, origin in, of idea of punishment, [12-19;]
punishment inflicted solely for, not as remedial measure, [275.]
War, encroachments on liberty during, [114-115;]
effect of, on crime, [213-220.]
Weather, relation between crime and, [250.]
Westermarck, E.A., "History of Human Marriage," cited, [89.]
Witchcraft, hangings for, [224.]
Women, as criminals, [71-74;]
shoplifting by, [191-192.]
World War, underlying cause of, [106;]
encroachments on liberty during, [115;]
increase in crime since close of, [214-217;]
spirit of super-patriotism a result of, [219-220;]
restrictive legislation due to, [220.]
Young, care of the, resulting from mother-instinct, [45-46.]