Crime: Its Cause and Treatment
Darrow, Clarence, 1857-1938
English
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CRIME
ITS CAUSE AND TREATMENT
BY CLARENCE DARROW
1922
CONTENTS
PREFACECHAPTER I.—WHAT IS CRIME?CHAPTER II.—PURPOSE OF PUNISHMENTCHAPTER III.—RESPONSIBILITY FOR CRIMECHAPTER IV.—ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER V.—ADJUSTING HEREDITY AND ENVIRONMENTCHAPTER VI.—PSYCHOLOGY OF CRIMINAL CONDUCTCHAPTER VII.—THE CRIMINALCHAPTER VIII.—THE FEMALE CRIMINALCHAPTER IX.—THE JUVENILE CRIMINALCHAPTER X.—HOMICIDECHAPTER XI.—SEX CRIMESCHAPTER XII.—ROBBERY AND BURGLARYCHAPTER XIII.—MAN AS A PREDATORY ANIMALCHAPTER XIV.—CRIMES AGAINST PROPERTYCHAPTER XV.—ATTITUDE OF THE CRIMINALCHAPTER XVI.—THE LAW AND THE CRIMINALCHAPTER XVII.—REPEALING LAWSCHAPTER XVIII.—IS CRIME INCREASING?CHAPTER XIX.—MEDICAL EXPERTSCHAPTER XX.—PUNISHMENTCHAPTER XXI.—EFFECT OF PUNISHMENT ON OTHERSCHAPTER XXII.—EVOLUTION OF PUNISHMENTCHAPTER XXIII.—CAPITAL PUNISHMENTCHAPTER XXIV.—STIGMATA OF THE CRIMINALCHAPTER XXV.—THE GOOD IN CRIMINALSCHAPTER XXVI.—THE DEFECTIVE AND INSANECHAPTER XXVII.—SOCIAL CONTROLCHAPTER XXVIII.—INDUSTRIALISM AND CRIMECHAPTER XXIX.—WAR AND CRIMECHAPTER XXX.—CIVILIZATION AND CRIMECHAPTER XXXI.—THE CONVICTCHAPTER XXXII.—ISOLATION AND STERILIZATIONCHAPTER XXXIII.—CRIME, DISEASE AND ACCIDENTCHAPTER XXXIV.—LUCK AND CHANCECHAPTER XXXV.—PARDONS AND PAROLESCHAPTER XXXVI.—REMEDIESINDEX
PREFACE
This book comes from the reflections and experience of more than fortyyears spent in court. Aside from the practice of my profession, thetopics I have treated are such as have always held my interest andinspired a taste for books that discuss the human machine with itsmanifestations and the causes of its varied activity. I have endeavoredto present the latest scientific thought and investigation bearing uponthe question of human conduct. I do not pretend to be an originalinvestigator, nor an authority on biology, psychology or philosophy. Ihave simply been a student giving the subject such attention as I couldduring a fairly busy life. No doubt some of the scientific conclusionsstated are still debatable and may finally be rejected. The scientificmind holds opinions tentatively and is always ready to reexamine, modifyor discard as new evidence comes to light.
Naturally in a book of this sort there are many references to the humanmind and its activities. In most books, whether scientific or not, themind has generally been more closely associated with the brain than anyother portion of the body. As a rule I have assumed that this view ofmind and brain is correct. Often I have referred to it as a matter ofcourse. I am aware that the latest investigations seem to establish the
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