Mental Inefficiency and Crime
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to be found in these pages the latest facts and figures as to what is actually happening but they also reveal how the problem is presenting itself to those most closely at grips with it, and what is the angle from which it is being approached. From the report before us we learn that so far as the working of Section J of the Mental Deficiency Act is concerned, the position is distinctly improving. I here has been less delay in effecting the transfer of defectives to Certified Institutions and better co-operation between Local Authorities and Prison officials. The statistics given in the Report with regard to the use of the Mental Deficiency Act are as follows :? Local Prisons. M. F.
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