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A Plea for the Criminal Being a reply to Dr. Chapple's work: 'The Fertility of the Unfit', and an Attempt to explain the leading principles of Criminological and Reformatory Science By: James Leslie Allan Kayll (1873-1944) |
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A PLEA
FOR THE CRIMINAL.
BEING A REPLY TO DR. CHAPPLE'S WORK:
"THE FERTILITY OF THE UNFIT," AND AN ATTEMPT TO EXPLAIN THE LEADING
PRINCIPLES OF CRIMINOLOGICAL &
REFORMATORY SCIENCE.
By THE REV. J. L. A. KAYLL, CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE HOWARD
ASSOCIATION.
INVERCARGILL!
W. Smith, Commercial Printer, Temple Chambers, Esk Street.
MCMV.
AUTHORITIES CONSULTED IN THE PREPARATION OF THIS VOLUME. Brockway, Z. R. Elmira.
Corre, Dr A. Paris.
Drill, Dimitri. Moscow.
Du Cane, Sir E. England.
Dugdale, R. L. America.
Ellis, Havelock England.
Ferri, Prof. E. Rome.
Garofalo, (Baron) Prof. Naples.
Kidd, Benjamin England.
Von. Krafft Ebing, Prof. Vienna.
Lacassagne, Prof. Lyons.
MacDonald, Dr. A. Washington, U.S.A.
Mercier, Chas. M. B. England.
Morrison, Rev. W. D. England.
Manouvrier, Dr. Paris.
Moleschott, Prof. Rome.
Orano, Giuseppe Rome.
Ribot, Th. France.
Rylands, L. Gordon England.
Salomon, Otto Nääs. (Sweden.)
Scott, Jos. Elmira.
Spitska, Dr. E. C. New York.
Tallack, Wm. England.
CONTENTS. PAGE. CHAPTER I.
Introductory 9 CHAPTER II.
The Criminal 14 CHAPTER III.
The Causes of Crime 28 CHAPTER IV.
The Methods and Philosophy of Punishment 61 CHAPTER V.
Elimination Dr. Chapple's Proposal 87 CHAPTER VI.
The Obligations of Society Towards the Weak 120 CHAPTER VII.
The New Penology 133 CHAPTER VIII.
The Prevention of Crime 138 CHAPTER IX.
Some American Experiments Elmira 155 CHAPTER X.
Conclusion 188
Chapter I. INTRODUCTION.
This little book presents an appeal to society to consider its criminals
with greater charity and with more intelligent compassion. No other plea
is advanced than that the public mind should rid itself of all prejudices
and misunderstandings, and should make an honest endeavour to understand
what the criminal is, why he is a criminal and what, notwithstanding, are
his chances in social life. The criminal has a claim to be understood just as well as any other
creature. It is not necessary that his sympathisers should shut their
eyes to the fact that he is capable of shocking crime, that he is often
an ungrateful wretch that will bite the hand that feeds him and that
among his ranks are to be found the most depraved specimens of humanity
that the mind can conceive. A failure to recognize these facts is
actually a failure to do justice to his cause. Notwithstanding the
hideous history that he may have to unfold, he does ask to be
understood. The majority of people take a most prejudiced view of the criminal's
case. They will read the account of some fearful outrage or the details
of a disgraceful divorce suit with absolutely no interest what ever in
the persons concerned but only for the sake of the morbid satisfaction
which such reading gives them. A glance at the sentence will draw forth
from them the exclamation that the wretch got no more than he deserved
or that he didn't get half enough. This simply indicates that society as
a whole has made very little real progress in the manner in which it
regards its criminals. The old barbaric idea of revenge is still the
dominant one and any scheme for the betterment of the criminal, even if
it should give unmistakeable signs that it will accomplish his absolute
reform, is carefully investigated to see whether it provides for a
sufficient degree of penal suffering... Continue reading book >>
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