SCIENCE AGAINST CRIME

Press, Volume LXXI, Issue 21399, 15 February 1935, Page 11

SCIENCE AGAINST CRIME

NEW CLINIC SET UP SUBSTITUTE FOR PRISON (Received February 14, 7.5 p.m.) | LONDON, February 13. .The curing of crime by science is | advanced a step by the Institute for Scientific Treatment of Delinquents, which is opening an inpatients' clinic to deal with offenders who are repeatedly before courts, yet are manifestly likely to benefit from medical attention. Investigation has shown that such treatment may usefully occupy tvo years if a new habit of mind is to be created. The in-patients' department will enable magistrates to find a much-needed substitute for prison. The institute already has a staff of 21. doctors, and its work is being extended to the provinces.

AMERICAN SOCIAL WORK PRAISED AUSTRALIANS IMPRESSED (Received February 14, 8.15 p.m.) NEW YORK, February 13. Officials and graduates of, the Sydney School of Social Work have arrived here after visiting leading institutions in the United States and Canada since January 2. Miss Davis, the secretary, said they had been most impressed by the high professional standards and openminded willingness to experiment of public and private . agencies throughout the country. "American social workers are most, thoughtful people. America will owe a lot to them before they are through. I think they will contribute in no small measure to ending the depression," she said.