ALCOHOL AND CRIME
In reviewing the book "Mental Abnormality and Crime” in the la 8 issue of “The Shield,” G.H.S. writes “The relation of alcohol to crime is a curious one. It may he a cause of the mental illness such as delirin tremens or alcoholic dementia. It mar he a result of it, as when a middleaged man takes to drink and is subsequently found to be suffering from the early stages of general paralysis ot the insane. It may be put forward a; a defence in a serious crime, when the accused claims not to have understood what he was doing, or in certain motoring offences drink is not an extenuation but an aggravation of the crime It probably exceeds any other factor in the production of crime and poverty.”
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White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 6, 1 July 1946, Page 10
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132ALCOHOL AND CRIME White Ribbon, Volume 18, Issue 6, 1 July 1946, Page 10
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