On Punishment a Modern View of the Rational, Treatment of Crime (Classic Reprint)

Excerpt from On Punishment a Modern View of the Rational, Treatment of Crime<br><br>The following pages do not pretend to constitute in any sense an exhaustive treatise on crime. They are the outcome of a good many years pursuit and consideration of the criminal problem. The hundred and fifty thousand fellow creatures who, in England and Wales, are annually convicted of crime, constitute a blot on the social system, an open social sore. No doubt amongst these many are vicious and depraved, many are also weak-minded, most are the product of evil conditions. I venture to think that there are few problems that should appeal to thoughtful and humane men and women as this should do. And it is the duty of all those who give thought and study to this question to give expression to their thoughts so that, perchance, a better way may be found, and a social system presently evolved which shall not be fitted to the survival of the criminal.<br><br>Some of the pages which follow have previously appeared and been published in articles appearing in the International Journal of Ethics, the Westminster Review and the Humane Review, to the Editors of which I am indebted for their permission to reproduce the same.<br><br>About the Publisher<br><br>Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com<br><br>This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.