Show Q ADVOCATED AS HELP TO REDUCE CRIME pasadena sterilization of the unfit will help to reduce crime in the opinion ot of the human betterment foundation while the foundation does not advocate the sterilization of criminals as such or as a punishment for crime it reports that feeble mindedness dri insanity sanity and epilepsy are much more prevalent pr evalena evalend among amon criminals than in ill the normal population habitual criminals make a showing than the average criminal since all of these conditions depend to some extent on inheritance the cutting oft off of weak strains in the population by a selective sterilization liza tion law such as is now in force in 27 american states and also in numerous other countries country es is regarded as a valuable though act means of combating the evir increasing tide of crime it will reduce the number of persons who are likely to drift into criminality |