CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY
Sir-It would be unfortunate if listeners were lulled by Dr. K. Stallworthy’s comforting reassurances about "the law" and its practical effectiveness in protecting society into believing that no ripple of dissatisfaction ever stirs the surface of the minds of those interested in this problem. The Reports of the Justice Department show a_ keen appreciation of the need to improve our penal policy by more careful individual assessment of offenders and even an awareness that imprisonment may at times make people more dangerous to society, Even Dr. Stallworthy’s complacency about the facilities for psychotherapy are not apparently shared by the Department. , As for the McNaughten Rules, has he heard that in 1953 a Royal Commission in U.K. recommended their abolition? Or has he heard of the Durham decision in U.S.A.? This bids to change radically our archaic criteria for legal responsibility, which he admitted are ignored unless the opinion of the Government psychiatrists is challenged.
R.
E.
(Dunedin).
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New Zealand Listener, Volume 36, Issue 912, 1 February 1957, Page 5
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