Show A AJ- AJ NJ W Ways y to Justice Mental examinations of persons on trial are arc advocated by many rc reformers as the next progressive step in criminology Additional arguments for the establishment of psychopathic lab laboratories in courthouses e come me from a study of delinquent girls which was conducted by the New NewYork York probation and protective as as- Only fifteen of these girls had reached the tIle mental development development develop develop- ment 0 of adolescence jf deficiency is reported as the cause of waywardness t I.-t ll girls who could not keep their jobs were recently t r C d y an employment bureau in an Eastern city Of the I It s l died 34 per cent were found so retarded in iu mental development development development develop develop- ment its as to be considered deficient t The The- psychopathic psychopathic- lab laboratory has lIas' prove proved a of of such value in the Chicago courts that judges would not hear of of- returning to the old ways wais r One ccOne great advantage of the examination of youthful offenders is t that at it makes possible the identification of insanity before it has pr progressed d so far as to cause the victims to commit murder or other seri crimes s crimes says Harry Olson chief justice of the municipal court coitt C Extension C of the laboratory idea in connection with the courts cotts all over the country will in time enable society to recognize practically all those who are suffering from mental disease and finally to extirpate it |