PSYCHOANALYSIS.
DANGER AS EVIDENCE.
At the second annual meeting of the Magistrates' Association at the London Guildhall, Sir Edward Troup, late UnderSecretary at the Home Office, said that in dealing with crime the last person whose, evidence should be taken was the psychologist or psycho-analyst. Psycho-analysis was the last science that should be touched by the amateur, and only mischief could come from listening to foolish people who had dabbled a little in the obscene publications of Freud and his school. ,■ ''. Dr. M. Hamblin Smith, medical officer of Birmingham Prison, said the phrase about "fitting punishment to the crime" was still largely used, and was all wrong. They were punishing not a crime but a man, and a primary necessity was to investigate the mentality of the offender. Lord Lambourne, referring to Sentences upon those guilty of cruelty to animals-, said small fines did not act as a deterrent. Imprisonment would have a much mqre deterrent effect.
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New Zealand Herald, Volume LX, Issue 18577, 8 December 1923, Page 2 (Supplement)
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