| Show JUVENILE DEPRAVITY IN ITALY criminal parents and wretched homes chiefly to blame consul brittain of 0 kehl germany furnishes some startling statistics on Ju juvenile vertle crime in italy taken from an article recently published and written by lino ferriani he says says that SO 80 per cent of the child criminals of at italy are manufactured by bad environment and inadequate education la in other words by preventable causes that 30 per cent of the criminals of the country are minors and ot of these 85 per cent are thieves prof ferriani Forr lani protests against sentimental ti description but pleads for or scientific investigation he has closely studied boy bay prisoners between the ages of 11 and 1 and reports that more than half of 0 them came from the most wretched homes and over had criminal parents very few had ever done dome any work all were sexually corrupt nearly all smoked and many had a taste for alcohol As a proof of how little good is effected by mere instruction apart from moral training lie he asserts that the best scholars were among the wot offenders As an alternative to prison the author althor proposes agricultural colonies onies in districts where the air is bracing with good food and outdoor work kindly discipline and the supervision of an all experienced physician |
