The Powder River County examiner and the Broadus independent. [volume] (Broadus, Mont.) 1919-1935, 1920-05-21
Science PaVeS
Way for Cure
of Criminality

queniS by their acts alone ana to n
lar." extent dispose Of them legally
on this basis. The general public and
even the courts. believe that n person
IT normal intellect can control his nc.
lions. and consequently that the uc.
lions Of any person Of normal into llcct
are preme'ii'ated or ut least controlled
completely ny the intellectual mental
"':'k"up. and that therefore the person
IS responsible.
No Question Of A:truism
"1n the light of well e~iah,i. he'd
facts. known to psychia,ris,~ for the
'a>' half c"ntrry. this me-, hmi Of pac.
inS responsibility for criminal act: Is
hAS'raNty erroneous and should no re-
N!>"d. We must learn To comprehend
many abnormal Glasses hitherto ul.rec.
"gni2rh by society as subjects for
study. control or aid
''Fher" is n" question nf nltrrism IN
VOWED: n prnner understanding and
attitude toward these penn,e who have
II" innate power of adjustment to their
environment will make every home and
'nn''v mere nearly safe.
'f"n are neutrality-suspicious. too
wel,-witl the hoy who. surrounded
Wy an affecti"nate family In ~ home Of
ease. runs away repeatedly. untiergoeS
unnecessary hauiships. and when
brought back can never give any px-
PLANTATION for his acts except that he
lust wanted I" got away.
Juvenile Delinquency.
"i"n doubtless also have come into
r"nincf with those other we'll known
'ynes of juvenile t'elinQunncy-- children
wh" lie and practice petty thipvery
from their earliest years. later forge.
checks and generally involve their fam.
lilies in serious situations md II, whose
genealogical history there is no dis.
rernihl" trace "f family propensity for
similar actions.
"In another class are the thousands
If tramps. possessing what Is common
" called an aversion to work. who
form an a'mos. alien stratum of >aci.
ETY.. useless tn themselves. and liable.
ut any time tn become n menace to the
communities through, which they pass
"Still another class is comprised ot
those unfortunate persons who h,-
eausr "f abnormal emotional trends
~ phobinS are forced to commit acts
over which they have no intellectual
control.
How Brain 10 Regulated.
"1'he first thing to he un,lerSt God
about these people is the fact tina,
the pathological, criminal ar mcnta: de.
fertive is unable to adjust himself
! normally to his environment for the
very important reason that the mott.
vaiing activities Of his brain arr. Seri
"usly disturbed.
'''rO understand such disturbances I!
is tir<, necessary to know that the
m''tivatiny activities Of the brain art
regulated entirely by two antece'lenl
pr."rSses-the intellectual and this
emotional. or affective activities. II
these tw" pr'"ess.'s are we'll balanced
the mOtivrting center vii, he stimmlat
al IN such n way "a to- make the in
dtvi'lunl adjust himself normally Il
I" his environment should this hnl
ance hetwern the intellectual and tn.
emotional processes he seriously dis
j tmrhe,l. however then II will he impOs
>ihle for the Individual ia adjust hin,
self normally nnd he will l.erpetra,,
acts which often are illegal and al
ways abnormal.
Mind . Duality.
1.-THE mini Is thus u duality and M
\ unity. and It must he understood a
such II we are to gain knowletlg'
of it's contents which will lead to !,
correct diagnosis If the conditions re-
spOnsihle for the adjustment Of In
tiiv'fiuals to their surroundings.
Roth toxins and the chemicals Il
the blood act seiertively upon the vari
ons centers IT the nervous system
Ether. for example. seiectively In
Wolves the highest centers Of cerebra
ton. raiSing the threshold to such
r.nint that incoming impulses cause n,
reaction. thrs producing unconsc'Cu