, 1877-09-18
TIE CRIMINAL GLASS.
Its Pecuitarttfea of Chnrncter, md ITS He
rehltury Representations.

Its renuilarftfea of Character, md It's He
re.iltary rcrpctumtlon.
Mr.. Francis (aaIten In his address On "Anthro-
ro1ugy" before tho British Association SAIL:
1.-The i.tcal criminal has three pcc,t,tafit nf
etaractcr-his conscience is a,tinst slcislt, Ills
Instincts arc vicious, mud hTs puwcr OF se!feon-
troll Is ySry weak. Asa consequence Of oil this,
fnent applies t., the erlu,inAl rlas<rs generally
the special conditions that determine the ,ic-
scriptiun Ut crime being the character Of tl!u Ill
stiltts, ant the fact Ut the a,ser:c of scl!ton-
trUl being ttuc IL tllgoYGrnablu temper, ur 10
pas*[t1I, uE to tncre EtlltcEt'fty.
Tie deficiency OF conscience In criminals, rs
shown by the abset,tc vi genuine retnorsa fur
tlfctr guilt, appears to n+tonlsfi all wlu frat
lcvone talllaf with til. details of .p!ison llic.
SCENES of llrastrerdInE despair arc hardly ever
Witnessed anonE prisoners. Their sleep Is
broken bY no uncasy lreaths; OH the contrary,
it is EASY a1d suuiI: they have also excellent
appctttcs. l.ut hypuerisy IS very c,nTon
vlct, and Nil my Information agrees in uuo
particular u tu the utter t,ntrnthEn1ncs saJf
criminals, hosTovcr plausible tf!cir statements
may appcar 10 be. Tie subject Of v>lons in.
atl1vts Is d .vcrv largo one. We must guar,l
ourselves against lopkng upon them as per
ycrsons. iutstnucll N they may BE- strictly IN
accordance with the healthy l,at!sc ,of tho
nlan, a,l, 6clnE transu.t tssthlc l,y INHERITANCE,
mny become tho nurlral charartcElattcs Of
healthy race. Just as The slIccplog, tic re-
tricvcr, tle pol'lter, and tho bulldog hare their
tsvernt il,AtEt,lts. .........
lHcfo cat1 be no greater popular error tflaH
thc sunP'elsion that natural i,,tt'let Is pr.
contradictions |" such an op'to III i;1!'yl!aals
athl in every lcscsipt!ptI of animal. All tia We
are entitled to say ID thlt the prevalent ~ 'iiusls
ol cacfl racn arc tralstwortlEy,-tot tlIusc u
every inlishiual. a llIan WIN 10 rotlnte'l =; an
atFos'9as erls,nnIl W socaety. a.n u palh'sllei
astctl IN ntrlrt accordance with hs instincts.
!he h!cai cf1nlatial u lctcleiit Ill lMIlt"s !hal
oopro"e hs vIctoua lfsstisicts' i!G '!as hclthee
tc natural rcg'nl for others whlet! litS ~ t,!c
tase u c.'ns:etirc, iioF has lc eltlele'it sGlt-
contrul 10 enabo iIitn to consider ms own selfish
SERVED lru1n criminal tl'ssatiYcAttirc eltaler W
altrlsstie u bY Intcliigentty cEotlst!o Hc1'ti'
il'elIts; 1t becomes aH interesting question 10
Knew now iaF tllesc Pctltllaf!ttcs may ny eur
relaleu with ptFalca! characteristics Aid Iea-
tuIes: @
Slr Edmund pn Cacc, the Srgoy1t.tiritFal ot
Prisons, VINO has l'itlsGi! contributed Il va!uAble
l'icIhnir to thu soclat Scicnee Congress vi the
snblect, WIS enabled to exail.ine t!lr tna,'y
to,tsanl pantosr.phs q eri!nnals that arn i,se.
SERVED FOR u!rposes af at tllo lioia
Olf'ec, to visit prisons ai confer with tnc a1s-
tEurltlce, anu, LASTLY, 70 procure lur ny ""t
private statistical inquiries large 1uHoer "
etples ol photographs ot ieli','us criminals.
MAY o. well ~ tllat l begged ttiat TIM nloto.
Kraphs Should 10 tnrnlst'su tne without my
!lu,!eH attached to tl!rtl, hut sItnrly classified
IN ttirce EronEs accoFtlsnE to ttle siatufo ol tho
crime: Thu Fst Erop 1t clu!cl tnurai!r, iltait'
s!aMGntef, ahu blFelary' tic EccohIi group
tnvlaacd Is'0ny nnu forKcry; ana the tmiru
p.'...:a paao.IoesaPAs W ss''t!..asa Who na4 nsen
!sale. bs tsa!'iaF!zins nssslt VIII ' tae coie:.
.ton Mu eom!ua soss a'e posfsap',s n r..
tc'itutisc "aya' eestan slatuFaa casses uc.hn "