FOOTNOTE:
[16] The relation of the criminal to the defective and the insane had been clear to me for many years, and I could not understand the disregard of the courts to any fact so obvious to the student of the three classes. But most valuable work in this line is now being done by Dr. J. M. Hickson, of the psychological laboratory operated in connection with the Chicago municipal court, and the results of his tests of the mentality of young criminals are now commanding attention. Dr. Hickson unhesitatingly declares the need of reform in our laws and our courts. The existence of this psychopathic laboratory is largely due to Judge Olson, of Chicago, a man of most advanced views on penology, and a practical humanitarian.