PROBLEMS OF CRIME

Grey River Argus, 7 August 1925, Page 5

PROBLEMS OF CRIME

PRISON CONGRESS. LORD OXFORD’S ADDRESS. (Received August 6 nt. 5.5 p.m,) LONDON, August 6. Lord Oxford, addressing the Prison Congress, expressed the opinion that punishment should blend retirbution tion with prevention and reformation. A Court of Criminal Appeal made a wrong ful conviction practically impossible, much could be done in the direction of securing uniformity of sentences. The British Prison Commissioners after an elaborate inquiry, had come to the conclusion that there was uo —‘’.mnological criminal type. There were no physical, mental, or mural conditions ni’i-nliar to the inmates of prisons . ‘‘Crime'’ be said, “was largely the "’’teome of ’™d social unless it was spasmodic as the result of impulse or —’The prime object of the ”-iwn administration was to prevent crime becoming habitual. This was the proof of the sue was the proof of success or non success. The Congress Inter discussed the following resolution: —“That a special system of preventive detention for habitual criminals is desirable, for the protection of society.’’