INSANITY AND CRIME
“From my knowledge of criminal
cases I am absolutely convinced that in many instances prison is not the proper place for the fallen. Very often it is a most improper destination. Of course, when inherent and persistent viciousness is manifested in the individual, prison discipline may be the only treatment. On the other hand—and this is where our present laws fail so lamentably—when the fault lies in grave mental disorder, such disciplinary confinement aggravates the infirmity, and perpetrates a hideous injustice upon the unfortunate victim. These cases call for definite treatment and observation oil pathologically curative lines. The need for the reform was acute before the war. It is doubly so now. As a ghastly legacy from that conflict, we have amongst us many apparently healthy men who. in reality, suffer from .the insidious ravages of ‘shellshock.’ ” —Sir Arliutlmot Lane.
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Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1926, Page 3
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143INSANITY AND CRIME Hokitika Guardian, 23 July 1926, Page 3
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