A SOCIAL PROBLEM.
f HALF-WAY HOUSE" URGED. [UT lELEORAPH.—SPECIAL REPORTER.] WELLINGTON. Thursday. Reference was made in the House today by Dr. Thackcr (Christchurch East) to the remarks made by Mr. Justico Stringer in Auckland concerning the need for a half-way houso for the detention of old men* who had been guilty of sexual offences and who appeared fit 'subjects neither for gaol nor for an ordinary mental hospital. Ho asked that the Minister for Justice, Hon, E. p. Lee, should see that the recommendation wa* given effect to in the immediate i, luturo on account of the number of these cases.
Mr. Lee said that according to figures just supplied by tho police to a ■elect committee of tho House, it a* .■ Reared that this class of offence was decreasing and not increasing YCS> fa!rly m,mCroUSout on the decrease, particularly in - reference to the increase in tho popula iffS institu- . thß M™ B J- Cr . something of-that kind was needed for the class of offender mentioned, together with others ' The matter was entirely a question of' •. money, and when the Minister for Finance-■was in a position to provide fe> adopt fte proposal. M *""*"* : ■ ■
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17942, 18 November 1921, Page 6
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193A SOCIAL PROBLEM. New Zealand Herald, Volume LVIII, Issue 17942, 18 November 1921, Page 6
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