The Need for the Early Diagnosis and Treatment of Potential Delinquency in Cases of Mental Disorder and Defect
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By W. Norwood East, M.D., London; M.R.C.S. Eng., L.R.C.P., Lond: M.P.C.; Medical Officer H.M. Prison, Liverpool. (vv ith the permission of the Prison Commissioners.) The study of certain cases of delinquency occurring early in the career of individuals, and also some cases met with in later life, emphasizes the fact that a definite, and perhaps not inconsiderable, amount of crime could be prevented from ever taking place if appropriate treatment was resorted to sufficiently soon. Unfavourable economic conditions so frequently the forerunners of crime are not here referred to, but cases in which timely advice and medical treatment will prevent, or tend to prevent, the development of delinquency in the insane
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