The Young Lag. A Study in Crime

note would have been distrusted, but one could have hoped for a more sympathetic and a less condemnatory attitude, particularly in an advocate of religious training which is one of his main planks. Of special interest to many of our readers will be the rather bitter attack on psychiatrists and psychologists or?as the author sees them?" psychological technicians He uses just the kinds of example which nearly all such workers deplore, but they may gain comfort from the knowledge that he is equally destructive in his criticism of many of his own colleagues. Indeed, on his own admission, he disagrees with some of the most experienced and respected of his judicial brethren. The book should certainly be read by everyone working in this field, as it clearly reflects the attitudes of those who rely only on " common sense "