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White Pine News Weekly Mining Review
East Ely, Ely, White Pine County, Nevada
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Dr. W. J. Hickson, head of Chicago's psychopathic laboratory, claims average men have the brain of a 13-year-old child, criminals of a 12-year-old, and some professionals not much higher. He views crime as a disease, criticizing prisons and paroles as insufficient, and suggests segregating criminals in farm colonies.
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Dr. W. J. Hickson in charge of the psychopathic laboratory of the health department of Chicago, says the average man off the street examined has the brain of a thirteen-year-old child, while the criminal has the brain of a twelve-year-old child, but this is not hopeless. He says some professional men will not test much higher. The man with a mentality of a ten-year-old is hopeless. Dr. Hickson says crime must be dealt with as a disease: prisons and paroles are not cures, merely helps. He believes criminals should be segregated in farm colonies.
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Dr. W. J. Hickson states that the average man has the brain of a thirteen-year-old child, the criminal of a twelve-year-old child, and some professional men not much higher. A ten-year-old mentality is hopeless. Crime must be dealt with as a disease; prisons and paroles are not cures but helps. Criminals should be segregated in farm colonies.